haggle

C1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈhægəl/ UK /ˈhæɡəl/ See IPA manual

Freq #28475

Meanings

1

verb
To argue with someone in order to reach a deal, especially over a price.

I haggled with the vendor until he lowered the price.
2

noun
A long or heated argument over a price or terms.

After a long haggle, they finally agreed on a fair amount.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to argue with someone in... bargain chafferhiggle

2 noun · a long or heated argument... hagglingwrangle

Word family

Forms haggledhaggleshaggling

Derived forms hagglerhiggle-haggleunhagglingwraggle

Related forms bargain negotiate

Common collocations

haggle over Verb + preposition/particle

Etymology

1570s, "to cut unevenly" (implied in haggler), frequentative of Middle English haggen (“to chop”), variant of hacken (“to hack”), equivalent to hack + -le. Sense of "argue about price" first recorded c.1600, probably from notion of chopping away.

haggen Middle English

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# haggle

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈhægəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈhæɡəl/
**Frequency rank:** 28475

## Meanings
1. To argue with someone in order to reach a deal, especially over a price.
2. A long or heated argument over a price or terms.

## Examples
- I haggled with the vendor until he lowered the price.
- After a long haggle, they finally agreed on a fair amount.

## Derived Forms
- haggler
- higgle-haggle
- unhaggling
- wraggle

## Related Forms
- bargain
- negotiate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: haggen

## Etymology
1570s, "to cut unevenly" (implied in haggler), frequentative of Middle English haggen (“to chop”), variant of hacken (“to hack”), equivalent to hack + -le. Sense of "argue about price" first recorded c.1600, probably from notion of chopping away.

## AI Etymology
Haggle has the etymology 1570s, "to cut unevenly" (implied in haggler), frequentative of Middle English haggen (“to chop”), variant of hacken (“to hack”), equivalent to hack + -le. Sense of "argue about price" first recorded c.1600, probably from notion of chopping away. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern verbal form is built from the named base and affix. In present-day use, it can mean to argue with someone in order to reach a deal, especially over a price, or a long or heated argument over a price or terms. Related forms include bargain, negotiate. Derived formations include haggler, higgle-haggle, unhaggling, wraggle.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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