HAGGLE


Meaning of HAGGLE in English

/ ˈhægl; NAmE / verb

[ v ] haggle (with sb) (over sth) to argue with sb in order to reach an agreement, especially about the price of sth :

I left him in the market haggling over the price of a shirt.

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WORD ORIGIN

late 16th cent. (in the sense hack, mangle ): from Old Norse ho̧ggva hew.

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