Thesaurus results for HAGGLING

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noun

as in bargaining

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haggling

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verb

present participle of haggle

as in negotiating

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 haggling

Noun

After some spirited haggling at a public hearing, Star City Council members on July 7 approved a development plan for a commercial center on the northeast corner of Highway 44 between North Moyle Avenue and Plummer Road. — Noah Daly july 15, Idaho Statesman, 15 July 2026 No negotiating, no haggling, no surprises. — Rancho Santa Fe Review, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026 The haggling was still going on at deadline. — Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 28 Mar. 2026 This prospect adds urgency to the seemingly endless haggling among states along the river over a new agreement on sharing its water. — Mark Gongloff, Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2026 The Pentagon’s position was that all of this petty haggling was moot. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026 The funny part about the haggling and the desire to see his value on the open market was that Hendrickson’s value essentially landed at the same level where the Bengals placed it in recent years. — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026 That’s where the haggling would begin. — Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026 That language was ultimately stripped from the bill in end-of-session haggling. — Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025

Verb

The Trasks encounter a wide swath of citizens, haggling with sneaky cheats, exploiting innocent fools, and befriending big-hearted neighbors. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 1 Oct. 2026 All that hoopla results in a heavy lift for news networks and involves haggling over the real estate for anchor booths and transmission facilities. — Daniel Strauss, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026 Former executive chairman Daniel Levy had a reputation for haggling over deals, sometimes allowing rival clubs to steal transfer targets from them. — Jay Harris, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026 The 1967 drama is about estranged brothers who are forced to deal with each other while haggling over the sale of their recently deceased father’s furniture to a dealer. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2026 Months of haggling for replacements brought more frustration until July. — Larry Seward, CBS News, 30 July 2026 So why does buying B2B software still feel like haggling at a bazaar? — Salim Gheewalla, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 That’s not going to be the case when both sides start haggling over the details of a potential nuclear agreement. — Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026 There was no price range used to gauge demand and no haggling with prospective shareholders. — Jordan Novet,lora Kolodny, CNBC, 13 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for haggling

Noun

Sam Carlin, Local 952 union representative, said bargaining with the county has been ongoing for months.

— Julie Sharp, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
During the last bargaining session, Eric Johnson, president of the Hialeah Association of Firefighters Local 1102, warned that staffing levels are already thin.

— Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of bargaining

Verb

He gets pummeled by waves and rip currents while negotiating the famously difficult shore dive but is soon swimming among brightly colored marine life and undulating kelp forests that filter sunlight from the surface.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
The more balanced market gives home shoppers potentially more leverage in negotiating better terms with sellers, especially if a property has not fetched offers in weeks or months.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of negotiating

Noun

The European Composer and Songwriter Alliance helps fill that gap, uniting national associations to lobby policymakers and guide young composers through contracts and negotiations.

— Ben Croll, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
Trade negotiations between the United States and Mexico have reached an impasse after months of talks between officials about a deal to reduce duties on critical imports from beyond the southern border.

— Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of negotiation

Verb

With big-play threats Mosley and Tanook Hines on the field, Maiava looked like an elite Big Ten quarterback dealing the ball in locations only his two ace receivers could catch.

— Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
But when a traumatic encounter sends Tonya spiraling back into addiction—and back into the dangerous orbit of her drug-dealing ex-husband, Ronny (Alexander)—her fragile progress begins to unravel.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of dealing

Noun

Harrington cofounded Elemis in 1990 and led it from launch through the end of 2025, taking the business global and steering it through multiple transactions — including a $900 million sale from private equity to a strategic holding company in 2019.

— Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
Ecobank agreed a partnership with China’s payment system to enable transaction settlements in the yuan currency.

— Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 12 Oct. 2026