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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
Recent Examples of haggle from the Web
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Lawmakers have haggled over election reform for years, finally passing a new law last summer to replace one in place since 1960.
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For several months, Sires has been haggling with the city over whether the city could either change its rules or give him a waiver.
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Passing San Francisco’s multibillion-dollar budget each year is a reliably messy process, fraught with late-night negotiations, haggling between lawmakers and pressure from lobbyists pressing their clients’ case for city cash.
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The standard approach to trade negotiations is to haggle over each product category.
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Lawmakers have haggled over election reform for years, finally passing a new law last summer to replace one in place since 1960.
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But as the teens were haggling with James over the price of the drugs, James opened the passenger-side door of their Acura — and that’s when Weeks shot him, both teens told police.
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The two have been haggling over what should be done with the Southwest High School building for almost two years.
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Billions is what would happen if Superman and Lex Luthor haggled over insider trading; if Batman and the Joker were really obsessed with capitalism.
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Origin and Etymology of haggle
frequentative of hag to hew
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First Known Use: 1599
in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
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The vote clears the way for formal negotiations to kick off as Merkel’s conservative bloc and the SPD haggle over policies and control of key ministries.
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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
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
Definition of haggle for Students
haggled;
haggling
: to argue especially over a price
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haggler
\ˈha-glər\ nounLearn More about haggle
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