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To bargain, as over the price of something; dicker: "He preferred to be overcharged than to haggle” ( W. Somerset Maugham).
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To argue in an attempt to come to terms.
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To cut (something) in a crude, unskillful manner; hack.
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Archaic To harass or worry by wrangling.
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An instance of bargaining or arguing.
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American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.