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1 haggle
'hæɡl(to argue about the price of something, or about the terms of an agreement.) prute, kranglepruteverb \/ˈhæɡl\/ eller higgle1) kjøpslå, akkordere, prute2) krangle, kjekle, trette3) hogge, hakkehaggle about the price of something eller haggle over the price of something prute på noe, prute ned prisen på noe
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haggling — haggle hag‧gle [ˈhægl] verb [intransitive] COMMERCE to argue about a price or other amount of money before reaching an agreement: haggle over • The Maine Legislature has been haggling over the state s budget for months. haggling noun… … Financial and business terms
haggle — [c]/ˈhægəl / (say haguhl) verb (haggled, haggling) –verb (i) 1. to bargain in a petty and tedious manner. 2. to wrangle, dispute, or cavil. –verb (t) Obsolete 3. to harass with wrangling or haggling. 4. to mangle in cutting; hack. –noun 5. the… …
chaffer — /ˈtʃæfə/ (say chafuh) noun 1. bargaining; haggling. –verb (i) 2. to bargain; haggle: *But here buyer and seller met on level terms, for each knew to a hair the value of the sorry garments; and they chaffered with crafty eyes –louis stone, 1911. 3 …
haggle — verb dispute or bargain persistently, especially over a price. noun a period of haggling. Derivatives haggler noun Origin C16 (in the sense hack, mangle ): from ON hỏggva hew … English new terms dictionary
haggle — verb (I) to argue, especially when trying to agree about the price of something: haggle with sb over/about: I had to haggle with the taxi driver over the fare. haggling noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
haggle — verb John spent nearly every Saturday morning haggling at flea markets and garage sales Syn: barter, bargain, negotiate, dicker, quibble, wrangle; beat someone down, drive a hard bargain … Thesaurus of popular words
haggle — hag‧gle [ˈhægl] verb [intransitive] COMMERCE to argue about a price or other amount of money before reaching an agreement: haggle over • The Maine Legislature has been haggling over the state s budget for months. haggling noun [uncountable] … Financial and business terms
haggle — I. verb (haggled; haggling) Etymology: frequentative of hag to hew Date: 1599 transitive verb 1. to cut roughly or clumsily ; hack 2. archaic to annoy or exhaust with wrangling intransitive verb … New Collegiate Dictionary
haggle — UK [ˈhæɡ(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms haggle : present tense I/you/we/they haggle he/she/it haggles present participle haggling past tense haggled past participle haggled 1) to argue in order to agree on the price of something haggle… … English dictionary
hag´gler — hag|gle «HAG uhl», verb, gled, gling, noun. –v.i. to dispute, especially about a price or the terms of a bargain; stickle: »He went marketing…to haggle with tradesmen over fish…tapioca and so on (Rudyard Kipling). The Big Four Foreign Ministers… … Useful english dictionary
hag|gle — «HAG uhl», verb, gled, gling, noun. –v.i. to dispute, especially about a price or the terms of a bargain; stickle: »He went marketing…to haggle with tradesmen over fish…tapioca and so on (Rudyard Kipling). The Big Four Foreign Ministers wasted… … Useful english dictionary