Haggle
verb
To negotiate or argue about a price or agreement.
Most street vendors love to haggle with customers about prices
Often appears as...
- haggle over price
- haggle with vendor
verb
To waste time over trivial matters.
We wasted the entire meeting haggling over minor details
Often appears as...
- haggle over details
- haggle over trivial matters
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To negotiate or argue about a price or agreement.
Most street vendors love to haggle with customers about prices
Often appears as...
- haggle over price
- haggle with vendor
verb
To waste time over trivial matters.
We wasted the entire meeting haggling over minor details
Often appears as...
- haggle over details
- haggle over trivial matters
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Context
In some cultures, haggling is expected in markets. Not participating could lead to overpaying.
When shopping in the local bazaar, don't hesitate to haggle for a fair price.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Appropriate
Haggling is common in markets but inappropriate in fixed-price stores like supermarkets.
You can't haggle at a supermarket checkout; the prices are set.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Tone
The word often suggests a friendly, playful exchange rather than a serious dispute.
They haggled cheerfully over the price of the painting.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Context
In some cultures, haggling is expected in markets. Not participating could lead to overpaying.
When shopping in the local bazaar, don't hesitate to haggle for a fair price.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Appropriate
Haggling is common in markets but inappropriate in fixed-price stores like supermarkets.
You can't haggle at a supermarket checkout; the prices are set.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Tone
The word often suggests a friendly, playful exchange rather than a serious dispute.
They haggled cheerfully over the price of the painting.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Context
In some cultures, haggling is expected in markets. Not participating could lead to overpaying.
When shopping in the local bazaar, don't hesitate to haggle for a fair price.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Appropriate
Haggling is common in markets but inappropriate in fixed-price stores like supermarkets.
You can't haggle at a supermarket checkout; the prices are set.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Tone
The word often suggests a friendly, playful exchange rather than a serious dispute.
They haggled cheerfully over the price of the painting.
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What is a gift economy?...
We might say that instead of accumulating material wealth, participants in a gift economy use it to accumulate social wealth. Though some instances of gift economies may resemble barter, the difference is that the original gift is given without any preconditions or haggling.
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Knives of Honor PIPE...
world in the medieval areas towering mud brick houses with white plaster highlights are oddly reminiscent of a spectacular gingerbread city while in the labyrinth insuk's Yemenis haggle for spice the jewelry and other goods just
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How to Raise Successful...
and act like our kid's concierge and personal handler and secretary. And then with our kids, our precious kids, we spend so much time nudging, cajoling, hinting, helping, haggling, nagging as the case may be,
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What is a gift economy?...
We might say that instead of accumulating material wealth, participants in a gift economy use it to accumulate social wealth. Though some instances of gift economies may resemble barter, the difference is that the original gift is given without any preconditions or haggling.
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Knives of Honor PIPE...
world in the medieval areas towering mud brick houses with white plaster highlights are oddly reminiscent of a spectacular gingerbread city while in the labyrinth insuk's Yemenis haggle for spice the jewelry and other goods just
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How to Raise Successful...
and act like our kid's concierge and personal handler and secretary. And then with our kids, our precious kids, we spend so much time nudging, cajoling, hinting, helping, haggling, nagging as the case may be,
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Quote examples
Nate Berkus
American Designer
Priced to sell' - just the phrase makes me smile. When a dealer says all the items in his booth are priced to sell, he means he's tagged them as aggressively as he can to get you to buy them. Don't worry, though, I still haggle. You have to. That's the point of a flea market.
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Kumar Sanu
Indian Musician
Who says I haggled for money? If directors like Yash Chopra promised me an amount for singing 'Tujhe dekha to yeh jana sanam' but back-tracked once the song was a huge hit, am I to blame for asking what was due to me?
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Jennifer Coolidge
American Actress
A man's ability to haggle is never a turn-on. The only thing less romantic than how much you paid is how much you saved. The last thing we want to hear is how you talked the jeweler down on our new earrings.
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Michael Leunig
Australian Cartoonist
So few humans seem to fully exist themselves that I wonder if all this endless speculation and haggling about God is really an exploration of a more interesting and embarrassing question about ourselves.
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Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis
German Royalty
I have long accepted that an art fair is not a perfectly curated museum show. Instead, it's more like a brightly lit bazaar, where art is haggled over and handled like any other commodity.
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Nobu Matsuhisa
Japanese Chef
Have you ever been to Mexico City and haggled with the locals over souvenirs? Well, in Peru, you had to negotiate like that to get the freshest fish at the market.
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Angela Merkel
German Statesman
There are achievements of European integration that cannot be haggled over: for example the principle of free movement and the principle of non-discrimination.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
American President
It is far more important to be able to hit the target than it is to haggle over who makes a weapon or who pulls a trigger.
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N. Murray Edwards
Canadian Businessman
It's more important to fly midpoint in deals and work together than to try to haggle for the last dollar.
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Rachel Khoo
British Chef
I haggle with French grannies over their old knick-knacks and walk away with some real gems.
Quote examples
Nate Berkus
American Designer
Priced to sell' - just the phrase makes me smile. When a dealer says all the items in his booth are priced to sell, he means he's tagged them as aggressively as he can to get you to buy them. Don't worry, though, I still haggle. You have to. That's the point of a flea market.
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Kumar Sanu
Indian Musician
Who says I haggled for money? If directors like Yash Chopra promised me an amount for singing 'Tujhe dekha to yeh jana sanam' but back-tracked once the song was a huge hit, am I to blame for asking what was due to me?
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Jennifer Coolidge
American Actress
A man's ability to haggle is never a turn-on. The only thing less romantic than how much you paid is how much you saved. The last thing we want to hear is how you talked the jeweler down on our new earrings.
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Michael Leunig
Australian Cartoonist
So few humans seem to fully exist themselves that I wonder if all this endless speculation and haggling about God is really an exploration of a more interesting and embarrassing question about ourselves.
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Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis
German Royalty
I have long accepted that an art fair is not a perfectly curated museum show. Instead, it's more like a brightly lit bazaar, where art is haggled over and handled like any other commodity.
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Nobu Matsuhisa
Japanese Chef
Have you ever been to Mexico City and haggled with the locals over souvenirs? Well, in Peru, you had to negotiate like that to get the freshest fish at the market.
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Angela Merkel
German Statesman
There are achievements of European integration that cannot be haggled over: for example the principle of free movement and the principle of non-discrimination.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
American President
It is far more important to be able to hit the target than it is to haggle over who makes a weapon or who pulls a trigger.
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N. Murray Edwards
Canadian Businessman
It's more important to fly midpoint in deals and work together than to try to haggle for the last dollar.
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Rachel Khoo
British Chef
I haggle with French grannies over their old knick-knacks and walk away with some real gems.
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