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haggle

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haggle /ˈhaɡl /
▸ verb [no object] dispute or bargain persistently, especially over the cost of something:
the two sides are haggling over television rights.
▸ noun a period of haggling:
an inevitable and lengthy haggle over compensation.
– DERIVATIVES
haggler /ˈhaɡələ , ˈhaɡlə / noun
– ORIGIN late 16th century (in the sense ‘hack, mangle’): from Old Norse hǫggva ‘hew’.