as in to negotiate
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 haggle
Genevieve Koski, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2025
Some of it is the usual haggling over the cost of a trade chip.
—Chad Jennings, New York Times, 30 July 2025
This legislation has the backing of the Pritzker administration and could be the subject of debate during the two-week veto session in October since lawmakers and the insurance industry were busy during the spring session haggling over the bill’s details.
—Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2025
The matriarch started smelling fruit, weighing the spiky samples with her hands and haggling with the seller.
—Tom Downey, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025
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Noun
Heimlich Community College has rejected her application for Budget and Finance director on the grounds that experience haggling in Saudi-eye Arabi-eyen flea markets is not the same as a master’s in economics, forcing Peggy to admit her career in academia is over.
—Genevieve Koski, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2025
Some of it is the usual haggling over the cost of a trade chip.
—Chad Jennings, New York Times, 30 July 2025
This legislation has the backing of the Pritzker administration and could be the subject of debate during the two-week veto session in October since lawmakers and the insurance industry were busy during the spring session haggling over the bill’s details.
—Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2025
The matriarch started smelling fruit, weighing the spiky samples with her hands and haggling with the seller.
—Tom Downey, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for haggle
Verb
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Many of the examples are stark, like the Potawatomi Nation which had negotiated with the federal government in hopes of staying in their homelands in the upper Midwest.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Neighbors Settling down in the suburbs with their newborn, Kelly (Rose Byrne) and Mac (Seth Rogen) attempt to negotiate a quiet-hours pact with the frat house next door.—
James Mercadante,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Trump earlier this week said India had offered to cut its tariffs on American imports to zero, while complaining that the proposal had come too late in the negotiation.—
Priyanka Salve,Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
9 Sep. 2025
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Hours earlier, the government announced that some 300 South Koreans who were detained in the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid last Thursday on the Hyundai-LG joint factory in southern Georgia will return to Korea on a chartered flight following negotiations with the US.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Jerry Jones ultimately decided to cut ties with the star linebacker, dealing him to the Green Bay Packers.—
Kevin McCormick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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The rise of fascism encroaches on her like a disease, culminating in a personal invitation from Mussolini himself, but we’re dealt countless scenes of Eleonora’s psychosis before we’re granted a contextual explanation of what feeds it.—
Blake Simons,
IndieWire,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Absent a miracle that changes Grassley’s position on maintaining the blue slip tradition, Shipley said, the administration may have to return to the more conventional path of compromise.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Sep. 2025
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Inspecting the two models set out for journalists to try, the Swift Air 16 revealed few of the compromises that have shown up in recent entries in this category.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PC Magazine,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Potential trouble arises when the wily victim of Danny’s, Pauline, starts snooping around the house, hears Danny’s voice and starts to bargain for her silence.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
6 Sep. 2025
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Union leaders bargained with the administration for those who were laid off to receive three months of severance, rather than two weeks of pay per year of service; three months of COBRA insurance coverage; and rehiring priority for any positions becoming vacant over the next two years.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Haggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haggle. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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