Haggle

/ˈhæɡəl/ verb

To negotiate or argue back and forth over the price of something, trying to pay less.

Haggle likely comes from a Scandinavian source, possibly related to 'hag' (chop or hack), suggesting the back-and-forth cutting down of prices. It appeared in English around the 1500s.

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