haggle
/ˈhæɡl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈhæɡl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈha-gəl/ (ame, mw)
haggle — verb
- hagglepresent simple I / you / we / they
- haggleshe / she / it
- haggledpast simple
- haggling-ing form
1. to keep going back and forth with a seller, trying to push the price or terms in
to keep going back and forth with a seller, trying to push the price or terms in your favour before agreeing to buy something.
Darius spent twenty minutes haggling with the carpet seller in the Istanbul bazaar.
haggle with + person; typical market scenario
Apinya refuses to haggle over taxi fares because she finds the back-and-forth stressful.
haggle over + price/terms
The two lawyers haggled for hours about which clauses to remove from the contract.
My grandmother taught me how to haggle politely at the morning farmers' market.
Tourists who do not haggle often end up paying three times the local price.
- pay full price
accept the listed amount without disputing it
文法句型
haggle over + noun
haggle with + person
haggle for + noun
用法筆記
Subject is usually the buyer; the seller's role is marked with 'with'. The thing being negotiated takes 'over' or 'about' (for terms) and 'for' (for the goods themselves).
常見錯誤
haggle — noun
1. a session of back-and-forth arguing between a buyer and seller (or two parties i
a session of back-and-forth arguing between a buyer and seller (or two parties in any deal) before they settle on a price or set of conditions.
After a long haggle over the rent, Nikhil and the landlord finally shook hands.
a haggle over + price/terms; resolution framing
The deal went through without much of a haggle, which surprised both teams.
negation pattern: without a haggle
Buying a used car always involves a bit of a haggle at the dealership.
Tendai enjoyed the haggle as much as the bargain itself when shopping for antiques.
- bargaining
more general; refers to the whole process rather than one episode
- negotiation
formal register; suggests a structured, often professional discussion
文法句型
a haggle over + noun
after some haggle
用法筆記
Almost always countable and singular ('a haggle'); rarely pluralised. Distinguish from the verb sense by the determiner — if 'a' or 'the' precedes 'haggle', it is the noun.