haggle

  • 61higgle — /hig euhl/, v.i., higgled, higgling. to bargain, esp. in a petty way; haggle. [1625 35; appar. var. of HAGGLE] * * * …

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  • 62bargain — bar·gain 1 n often attrib [Old French bargaigne negotiation, haggling, from bargaignier to haggle] 1: an agreement between parties that settles what each gives or receives (as a promise or performance) in a transaction between them compare… …

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  • 63higgle — verb To wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.) To truck and higgle for a private good. Emerson. Syn: haggle, wrangle, chaffer, huckster See Also: haggle …

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  • 64chaffer — 1. verb /ˈʧæfɚ/ to haggle or barter But the people looked much like Caleb’s own. They wore dirty robes, chaffered at fruit stalls, spat, scratched. Syn: bargain, barter, haggle, negotiate 2 …

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  • 65negotiate — ne·go·ti·ate /ni gō shē ˌāt/ vb at·ed, at·ing vi: to confer with another so as to settle some matter vt 1: to bring about through conference, discussion, and agreement or compromise negotiate a contract 2 a: to transfer (as an instrument) to… …

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  • 66dicker — dick·er / di kər/ vi dick·ered, dick·er·ing: to seek to arrive at a workable and agreeable arrangement by negotiating and haggling Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. dicker …

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  • 67quibble — I verb bicker, cavil, contend with, differ, disagree, dispute, dissent, equivocate, fence, haggle, join issue, oppose, palter, quarrel, tergiversate, wrangle II index equivocate, haggle, prevaricate, tergiversate …

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  • 68barter — The trading/exchange of goods or services without using currency. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. barter bar‧ter 1 [ˈbɑːtə ǁ ˈbɑːrtər] verb [intransitive, transitive] COMMERCE to exchange goods for other goods or to do work for someone… …

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  • 69bargain for sth — UK US bargain for/on sth Phrasal Verb with bargain({{}}/ˈbɑːgɪn/ verb [I] ► to expect or be prepared for something: »We hadn t bargained on such a high rate of interest. »The strength of the opposition was rather more than she had bargained for.… …

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  • 70bargain for/on sth — UK US bargain for/on sth Phrasal Verb with bargain({{}}/ˈbɑːgɪn/ verb [I] ► to expect or be prepared for something: »We hadn t bargained on such a high rate of interest. »The strength of the opposition was rather more than she had bargained for.… …

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