COMMERCEtheactofarguingabout thepriceof something in anattemptto make thesellerreduceit:haggling over/abouthaggling between sb/sth and sb/sthHaggling between thecompanyandinvestorsovervaluationswillcontinueuntil thepriceisannounced.theactofarguingabout thedetailsof something:haggling over/about sthSome of thememberstatesfindthemselvesinvolvedinendlesshaggling abouttheirvotingrightswithin the EU.bureaucratic/political/publichaggling(Definition ofhagglingfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofhaggling
hagglingAfter somehaggling, the government agreed it was in the country's interests to complete the school.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This was considered more dignified than the alternative ofhaggling.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He is very clever for his age, oftenhagglingwith merchants to lower their prices and is always successful in doing so.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Hagglingover prices is a common practice at such markets.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The costs ofhagglingabout division of surplus, particularly if there is asymmetric information and asset specificity, may be considerable.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It took a great deal ofhaggling, but the poor man succeeded, and the old man showed him how to use it.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Most vendors in the market allowhaggling, and many articles can be found at discounted prices.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In these, bid and ask prices are constantly compared, with sellers representing goods as being valuable and buyershagglingand claiming they are less valuable.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Hagglingover lighthouse's specifications mired down the process and another survey was done.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Even where currency is used,hagglingover prices is very common.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/haggling##
