as in to negotiate
to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase
had to haggle to get his friend to sell his guitar for 20 bucks
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Recent Examples of haggle
Joan Silber, New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2025
Lawyers are haggling over potential jurors for Judge Hannah Dugan's trial.
—Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 6 Nov. 2025
In the days since Illston first issued her temporary restraining order, the two sides have haggled over its scope.
—Andrea Hsu, NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
Posey did not draw out the process by haggling with Willy Adames or balk at a no-trade clause or give pause to breaking his own record for the largest contract in franchise history.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Dark powers that had to be begged and haggled with.
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Verb
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Still, the legislative session frequently goes past the target end date as lawmakers negotiate over the final details of bills and the state budget.—
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Players with more than three years of service time can use arbitration to negotiate their salaries for an upcoming season, and Skubal has more than five years in.—
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Last week, the House did pass legislation to extend the expired subsidies, and negotiations have moved to the Senate.—
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While the possibility of another strike exists if negotiations fail in the future, both sides say no one wants to repeat what happened.—
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Score deals up to 84 percent off bags from tried-and-true luggage brands, like Samsonite and Swissgear, plus rare discounts from Away, Beis, Calpak, and Monos.—
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Kiefer Sutherland accused of assaulting top fashion designer Two years after his DUI arrest, Sutherland was dealt misdemeanor charges over an alleged altercation involving Proenza Schouler designer Jack McCollough.—
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Rasmussen said the working group planned to meet over the coming weeks in a bid to find a compromise.—
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Picking up to-go food from the local Chinese spot or even Chipotle was once the compromise between cooking at home and sitting down at a restaurant.—
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On December 31, the unions filed with the State of California, alleging unfair labor practices by Solano County and arguing that Solano is not bargaining in good faith.—
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Any deadline would have to be collectively bargained, however, and the idea has already drawn opposition from the MLBPA.—
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“Haggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haggle. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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