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
The New Yorker, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
The environmental impact studies required by NEPA can delay projects related to any form of energy production for years as companies and regulators haggle over minute details and anti-development NGOs seize on any conflicts as fodder for time-consuming lawsuits.
—David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
For weeks, Republicans in Congress have been haggling over cuts to Medicaid, the health care program for the poor.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 27 May 2025
House members had spent several days last week haggling over nuances in the bill, including spending cuts and concerns over its impact on long-term debt.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 19 May 2025
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Noun
Koine Greek—the dialect of the New Testament—was then the lingua franca of the eastern-Mediterranean world, although, of course, familiarity with it ranged from erudite scholarship to learning a few words for the sake of haggling in the marketplace.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
The environmental impact studies required by NEPA can delay projects related to any form of energy production for years as companies and regulators haggle over minute details and anti-development NGOs seize on any conflicts as fodder for time-consuming lawsuits.
—David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
For weeks, Republicans in Congress have been haggling over cuts to Medicaid, the health care program for the poor.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 27 May 2025
House members had spent several days last week haggling over nuances in the bill, including spending cuts and concerns over its impact on long-term debt.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for haggle
Verb
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Deals like those could get done before the official start time because teams are allowed to negotiate with their own free agents once the NBA Finals are finished.—
Tim Reynolds,
Chicago Tribune,
1 July 2025
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The White House told Newsweek that Trump had been working to help farmers, including eliminating 10 regulations for every new regulation, as well as negotiating the U.K. trade deal, which expanded the markets available to them.—
Billal Rahman
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
Noun
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And if so, should more adjustments be made to the salary cap during the next CBA negotiations, to ensure these teams do not continue to separate themselves from the rest of the league?—
Tyler Small,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Scott and Jacob also touch on MLS teams’ $41 million Club World Cup haul, with a portion of that money headed to players, pending negotiation between the league and union.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
1 July 2025
Verb
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The Bulls have already tried to deal Vučević to the Warriors once in a trade deadline deal that was smothered, in part, by the Jimmy Butler move with the Miami Heat.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
30 June 2025
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Is Marchand officially moved on after being dealt last season?—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
29 June 2025
Noun
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In an extraordinarily rapid succession of events, Evers and Republican lawmakers unveiled a compromise budget deal on Tuesday, the Senate passed it Wednesday night and just before 1 a.m. on Thursday, the Assembly passed it.—
SCOTT BAUER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
4 July 2025
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No show pushed my buttons more than Sam Esmail’s thriller about the moral compromises and systemic injustices of our times.—
Lauren Huff,
EW.com,
4 July 2025
Verb
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Right now, 450 of my co-workers and I in the Greater Boston area are bargaining for a new contract.—
Mike Ortiz,
Boston Herald,
28 June 2025
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Whereas sellers could hold fast on their asking prices a few years ago, many are now willing to bargain.—
LEW SICHELMAN,
Miami Herald,
26 June 2025
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