haggle

Meaning

Verb

• To argue for a better deal, especially over prices with a seller.
• To hack (cut crudely)
• To stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle.

Related

Similar words

• wrangle

Origin

• 1570s, "to cut unevenly" (implied in haggler), frequentative of Middle English haggen ("to chop"), variant of hacken, equivalent to hack + -le. Sense of "argue about price" first recorded c.1600, probably from notion of chopping away.