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
Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
Whether gazing from Gellért Hill or haggling for paprika in the Great Market Hall—the city reveals itself in fragments—intimate, contradictory, and impossible to forget.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
In their place is the attention economy, a dystopian marketplace of slop merchants, brain-rot peddlers, AI scrapyards, and extortionate big-box streaming services with junk on the shelves, all haggling for your time and money.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
Whether gazing from Gellért Hill or haggling for paprika in the Great Market Hall—the city reveals itself in fragments—intimate, contradictory, and impossible to forget.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for haggling
Verb
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Many candidates are re-negotiating their job options given the tight market.—
Jennifer Liu,
CNBC,
19 Sep. 2025
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Wasserman’s dedicated rights sales division will be responsible for identifying, negotiating and securing a new long-term partner.—
Sportico Staff,
Sportico.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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By contrast, very large companies often have to rely on standardized plans, and smaller companies may lack bargaining power with insurers.—
Jessica Stroud,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Is this just bargaining in trade talks?—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Green Berets and Army Rangers have been busted trafficking cocaine on military planes, dealing drugs at Fort Bragg, working for Mexican cartels, stealing military weapons, committing murders for hire, and carrying out at least two mass shootings.—
Seth Harp,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Deliveroo saw its shares plunge 30% in 2021 on the day of its initial public offering, dealing a significant blow to London's ambitions to compete with New York for more high-profile tech listings.—
Ryan Browne,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But over the course of more than a year of negotiations, little clarity has emerged on the best way to monetize the $1 billion project.—
Alexis Akwagyiram,
semafor.com,
22 Sep. 2025
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The complaint alleges board chair Jasper Hendricks released confidential information to the media about the status of negotiations between the city and Bristol Motor Speedway.—
Austin Hornbostel,
Nashville Tennessean,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But Decker left no trace of his existence, such as credit card transactions or cell phone activity, after his daughters were killed.—
Holly Yan,
CNN Money,
19 Sep. 2025
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For years, Apple required that all in-app purchases be processed through its App Store and skimmed 30 percent off each transaction.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Haggling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haggling. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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