haggle

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++hag·gle /ˈhæɡəl/ verb [intransitive] ARGUEto argue when you are trying to agree about the price of something 讲价，讨价还价haggle over tourists haggling over the price of souvenirs 对纪念品讨价还价的游客haggle with Ted was haggling with the street vendors. 特德正在和街边小贩讨价还价。 —haggling noun [uncountable]→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

haggle• If you go to a street market, you'd better be prepared to haggle.• Go to the best studio your budget will allow and remember that studios will often drop their price if you haggle.• My colleague was not prepared to haggle.• Otherwise they will have barely tried life under Maastricht before their mandarins must start haggling again.• The haggling among scientists continued, and seeing the project in disarray, Congress eventually cut off financing for the Mohole Project.• Merchants haggled in New York and Philadelphia.• The passenger haggled over the fare before she got into the taxi.• We came to the rooming house where Dean haggled with Camille.• But this man wasn't haggling with him.• My mother used to spend hours haggling with the market traders.haggle over• I hate having to haggle over prices.From Longman Business Dictionaryhagglehag‧gle /ˈhægəl/ verb [intransitive]COMMERCE to argue about a price or other amount of money before reaching an agreementhaggle overThe Maine Legislature has been haggling over the state’s budget for months. —haggling noun [uncountable]There was some haggling over the fee.→ See Verb tableOrigin haggle (1500-1600) hag “to cut” ((14-19 centuries))

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hag‧gle /ˈhæɡəl/