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Examples of haggle in a Sentence
She is good at haggling.
had to haggle to get his friend to sell his guitar for 20 bucks
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In the run-up, carmakers and the government were haggling over software fixes -- costing several hundred million euros -- and much more expensive hardware changes that would lift the total bill to around 5 billion euros ($5.9 billion).
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EchoPark lets customers peruse the dealership’s inventory of used cars on mobile devices stationed throughout the store, test-drive vehicles and receive car appraisals without having to haggle with salespeople.
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The size and scope of the effort then oscillated up and down, as physicists and DOE officials haggled over what the department could afford.
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Even when RADV audits have detected widespread overpayments, CMS officials have failed to recoup money after years of haggling with the health plans.
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That will give lawmakers more time to haggle over whether to pass a straight increase in the ceiling or attach spending cuts as many Republicans want to do as part of it.
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Both have haggled with dozens, maybe hundreds, of world leaders.
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After several months of haggling with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Louisville, which was acting as an intermediary, the agency and Morel reached a settlement in March.
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That budget gap has left lawmakers haggling for weeks to figure out how to pay for it.
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Origin and Etymology of haggle
Definition of haggle
:an act of negotiating or arguing over the terms of a purchase, agreement, or contract :an instance of haggling or bargaining
- a haggle over price
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With neither man fluent in the other’s language, the two haggle over whether to proceed once roadblocks pop up to hinder their way to Gwangju.
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Origin and Etymology of haggle
HAGGLE Defined for English Language Learners
haggle
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verb
Definition of haggle for English Language Learners
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: to talk or argue with someone especially in order to agree on a price
HAGGLE Defined for Kids
haggle
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hag·gle
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Definition of haggle for Students
haggled;
haggling
:to argue especially over a price
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haggler
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