haggled
past simple and past participle ofhaggle
haggle
verb[IorT]
uk/ˈhæɡ.əl/us/ˈhæɡ.əl/toattempttodecideon apriceorconditionsthat areacceptableto thepersonsellingthegoodsand thepersonbuyingthem, usually byarguing:
It'straditionalthat you haggleover/aboutthepriceof things in themarket.
Negotiating prices
- bargainer
- bargaining power
- barter
- beat
- beat down
- bid
- cap
- dicker
- drive a hard bargainidiom
- gazump
- gazunder
- haggle
- negotiable
- non-market
- non-negotiable
- outbargain
- predatory pricing
- quotation
- quote
- settle
Examplesofhaggled
haggled
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
I would remind you that non-refoulement is a principle which knows no geographical boundaries and which cannot behaggledover or negotiated under any circumstances.
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Whatever legal consequences flow from these words, they arehaggledover and negotiated, and their legal consequences evaluated by both parties.
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Wehaggledover it for two years, and eventually an agreement was arrived at, and they paid a reasonable figure for that land.
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He thought that wehaggledand niggled about details.
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But then he hastilyhaggledand remarked that he did not want to see co-operatives.
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They havehaggledon how best to introduce this unwanted tax.
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The five-hour delay was caused while the two companieshaggledover the price that would be paid for the transfer of passengers from one train to the other.
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The sum involved is about one third of a million pounds—that is the size of the money that was beinghaggledover on a contract of about £54 million.
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Hehaggleda deal with the government upon discharge; they agreed to pay for his education.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Youngsters would be given the scale models to play with while the parents and the salesmanhaggled.
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- outer planet
- outer portion
- outer radius
- outer reef
- outer region
- outer ring
- outer-ring
- outer shell
- output port
- output shaft
- output shaft
- output tax
- output-tax
- output terminal
- output terminal
- outrage
- outraged
- outrageous
- outrageous act
- outrageous attack
- outrageous behaviour
- outrageous claim
- outrageously
- outrageous thing
- outraging