Haggle

['hæg(ə)l] or ['hæɡl]

Definition

(noun.) an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining).

(verb.) wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); 'Let's not haggle over a few dollars'.

Checker: Phyllis--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To cut roughly or hack; to cut into small pieces; to notch or cut in an unskillful manner; to make rough or mangle by cutting; as, a boy haggles a stick of wood.

(v. i.) To be difficult in bargaining; to stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle.

(n.) The act or process of haggling.

Edited by Clio

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. Higgle, chaffer, be tedious in a bargain.

v. a. Cut (clumsily), hew, chop, hack, hackle.

Editor: Wilma

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Higgle, chaffer, bargain, stickle

ANT:Yield, deduct, abate, reduce, discount

Inputed by Erma

Definition

v.t. to cut unskilfully: to mangle.—v.i. to be slow and hard in making a bargain: to stick at trifles to cavil.—n. Hagg′ler.

Edited by Glenn