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
Patricia Shannon,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Apr. 2026
Previously, agents and teams haggled over contracts that surpassed what top veteran players earned.
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Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
23 Apr. 2026
These are not two sides haggling over price.
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Farah N. Jan,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2026
After weeks of haggling with authorities, Rex Pereira secured three emergency visas to leave the oil tanker where he had been stranded for over a month.
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Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC news,
9 Apr. 2026
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Verb
Expect to be asked questions and have customers looking to haggle.
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Patricia Shannon,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Apr. 2026
Previously, agents and teams haggled over contracts that surpassed what top veteran players earned.
—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
23 Apr. 2026
These are not two sides haggling over price.
—
Farah N. Jan,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2026
After weeks of haggling with authorities, Rex Pereira secured three emergency visas to leave the oil tanker where he had been stranded for over a month.
—
Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC news,
9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for haggle
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But Iran denied making any new commitments on monitoring, with state media reporting that Tehran did not negotiate the nuclear issue during 18 hours of discussions.
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The Heat and other NBA teams have been allowed to negotiate with their own impending free agents since June 14 — the day after the last game of the NBA Finals.
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Restricting the key waterway, which is crucial to the world's oil supply and has become one of the main points of negotiation in the war, comes amid continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon, according to Iran's top military command, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters.
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District officials said compensation increases for all employee groups were approved together as part of the same negotiations process.
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Feinsand and Olney specifically mentioned some of the team's most expensive players, including first baseman Rafael Devers, shortstop Willy Adames and third baseman Matt Chapman, among those the Giants are looking to deal.
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Pinkas said that before the war, Iran was isolated under sanctions that choked its oil exports, dealing blows to its economy.
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By the end of the meeting, however, signs of a compromise had emerged.
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The compromise made acquiescing to the Southern states allowed the slave trade to continue for another two decades.
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The measure could potentially pose a problem with collective bargaining because the governor’s administration is ostensibly bargaining on behalf of all agencies, said Tim Yeung, a public sector labor expert.
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Lind’s ideal ignores what workers have actually bargained for in the United States, and what pro-worker social democracies already provide.
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“Haggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haggle. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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