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haggle

hag·gle [ hágg'l ] (past and past participle hag·gled, present participle hag·gling, 3rd person present singular hag·gles)


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
try to settle on price: to argue over something such as a price or contract in order to reach an agreement

[Late 16th century. < variant of hack1]

hag·gle noun
hag·gler noun
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