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She is good at haggling.
had to haggle to get his friend to sell his guitar for 20 bucks
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Russia, Iran and Turkey have seized the initiative and are haggling over Syria’s political future while Trump seeks to pummel the Islamist militants and then disengage as quickly as possible.
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The bankers sort out the right price for these shares by wrangling and haggling with these investors, who then sell those shares the following day on an open exchange like the NASDAQ or the NYSE.
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The prospects for a shutdown have surged in recent days as lawmakers continued to haggle over details of the spending deal.
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Doing big projects in a different state and haggling with Kentucky politicians will be new territory for him.
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Mr Benet describes this as nothing more than haggling before the contracts’ renewal.
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The bill's release was delayed for two days as leaders haggled over provisions sprinkled throughout the bill.
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Gun provisions were among the few issues leaders were still haggling over late Wednesday.
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That number would be the $1.6 billion the White House requested, but haggling over the type of structure -- and where the structure could be placed -- has slowed the talks down.
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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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