haggle about the terms of a bargain

  • 1bargain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. deal, agreement, trans action; good buy (See cheapness). v. negotiate, haggle, barter. Ant., white elephant. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An agreement] Syn. pact, compact, contract; see agreement 3 . 2. [An …

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  • 2haggle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. cavil; bargain, chaffer, dicker. See barter. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To bargain] Syn. deal, wrangle, argue; see buy 1 , sell 1 . 2. [To mangle] Syn. whack, hack, chop; see cut 1 . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 3haggle — [hag′əl] vt. haggled, haggling [freq. of HAG2] to chop or cut crudely; hack; mangle vi. to argue about terms, price, etc.; bargain; wrangle n. the act of haggling haggler n …

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  • 4negotiate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. accomplish, arrange; bargain, dicker, contract, overcome, achieve, effect; informal, handle. See barter, compromise. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make arrangements for] Syn. arrange, bargain, confer,… …

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  • 5dicker — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. bargain, negotiate, haggle; trade, barter. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. trade, barter, bargain, haggle; see argue 1 , buy 1 , negotiate 1 , sell 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. haggle, bargain,… …

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  • 6hag´gler — hag|gle «HAG uhl», verb, gled, gling, noun. –v.i. to dispute, especially about a price or the terms of a bargain; stickle: »He went marketing…to haggle with tradesmen over fish…tapioca and so on (Rudyard Kipling). The Big Four Foreign Ministers… …

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  • 7hag|gle — «HAG uhl», verb, gled, gling, noun. –v.i. to dispute, especially about a price or the terms of a bargain; stickle: »He went marketing…to haggle with tradesmen over fish…tapioca and so on (Rudyard Kipling). The Big Four Foreign Ministers wasted… …

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  • 8palter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. equivocate; haggle; trifle. See barter, falsehood, unimportance. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To stray from truthfulness or sincerity: equivocate, prevaricate, shuffle. See TRUE. 2. To argue… …

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  • 9huckster — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. peddler, vendor, hawker. See sale. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. hawker, vendor, peddler, hustler; see businessperson , salesman . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. salesman, peddler, tradesman, hawker,… …

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  • 10chaffer — [ tʃafə] verb haggle about the price or terms of something. Derivatives chafferer noun Origin ME (in the sense trade or trading ): from OE cēap a bargain + faru journey …

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