haggling

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English

Verb

haggling

  1. present participle and gerund of haggle

Noun

haggling (plural hagglings)

  1. The act of one who haggles.
    • 1934, Winston Churchill, Marlborough: His Life and Times (book 2, page 51)
      All the materials, therefore, existed for an interminable series of hagglings, bargainings, and blackmailings.
    • 2022 March 23, Paul Clifton, “Londoners pay the price”, in RAIL, number 953, page 48:
      After weeks of haggling, Transport for London and the Department for Transport agreed a £200 million short-term funding deal that will keep the network running until June.