— haggler , n.
/hag"euhl/ , v. , haggled, haggling , n.
v.i.
1. to bargain in a petty, quibbling, and often contentious manner: They spent hours haggling over the price of fish.
2. to wrangle, dispute, or cavil: The senators haggled interminably over the proposed bill.
v.t.
3. to mangle in cutting; hack.
4. to settle on by haggling.
5. Archaic. to harass with wrangling or haggling.
n.
6. the act of haggling; wrangle or dispute over terms.
[ 1275-1325; ME haggen to cut, chop ( hoggva to HEW) + -LE ]