单词	haggling
释义	hagglehag‧gle /ˈhæɡəl/ verb [intransitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINhaggle Origin: 1500-1600 hag ‘to cut’ (14-19 centuries) Verb Table VERB TABLE haggle Simple Form Present I, you, we, they haggle he, she, it haggles Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they haggled Present perfect I, you, we, they have haggled he, she, it has haggled Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had haggled Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will haggle Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have haggled Continuous Form Present I am haggling he, she, it is haggling you, we, they are haggling Past I, he, she, it was haggling you, we, they were haggling Present perfect I, you, we, they have been haggling he, she, it has been haggling Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been haggling Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be haggling Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been haggling Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES If you go to a street market, you'd better be prepared to haggle. My mother used to spend hours haggling with the market traders. The passenger haggled over the fare before she got into the taxi. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But this man wasn't haggling with him. Go to the best studio your budget will allow and remember that studios will often drop their price if you haggle. Merchants haggled in New York and Philadelphia. My colleague was not prepared to haggle. Otherwise they will have barely tried life under Maastricht before their mandarins must start haggling again. The haggling among scientists continued, and seeing the project in disarray, Congress eventually cut off financing for the Mohole Project. We came to the rooming house where Dean haggled with Camille. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto persuade someone to reduce the price of something► haggle to try to persuade someone to reduce the price of something by arguing with them about what it is worth: · If you go to a street market, you'd better be prepared to haggle.haggle over something: · The passenger haggled over the fare before she got into the taxi.haggle with somebody: · My mother used to spend hours haggling with the market traders. ► bargain with to try to persuade someone to reduce the price of something by discussing it with them: · She bargained with the woman who was selling the plates and managed to get them for half the usual price. ► beat somebody down to persuade someone to reduce the price of something by arguing with them about it: beat somebody down to $50/£20 etc: · The owners originally wanted $1000 for the horse, but George managed to beat them down to $850.beat somebody down: · I beat him down and got the bracelet for $2. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► over · A great deal of time was spent haggling over prices for specific tasks.· The politicians, it seems, are still haggling over the emblem on the cover.· Omegna Market, at the northern end of Lake Orta, is a must if you want to haggle over souvenirs.· But it is still haggling over details. NOUN► price · Bargaining, or haggling over a price, is still expected in most establishments.· A great deal of time was spent haggling over prices for specific tasks.· There was no haggling over price and no salesman to deal with. to argue when you are trying to agree about the price of somethinghaggle over tourists haggling over the price of souvenirshaggle with Ted was haggling with the street vendors.—haggling noun [uncountable]
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