"haggle" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈhæɡəl/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-haggle.ogg [US], en-au-haggle.ogg [Australia] Forms: haggles [present, singular, third-person], haggling [participle, present], haggled [participle, past], haggled [past]
Rhymes: -æɡəl Etymology: 1570s, "to cut unevenly" (implied in haggler), frequentative of Middle English haggen (“to chop”), variant of hacken (“to hack”), equivalent to hack + -le. Sense of "argue about price" first recorded c.1600, probably from notion of chopping away. Etymology templates: {{m|en|haggler}} haggler, {{der|en|enm|haggen||to chop}} Middle English haggen (“to chop”), {{m|enm|hacken||to hack}} hacken (“to hack”), {{suf|en|hack|le|id2=verbal frequentative}} hack + -le Head templates: {{en-verb}} haggle (third-person singular simple present haggles, present participle haggling, simple past and past participle haggled)
  1. (intransitive) To argue for a better deal, especially over prices with a seller. Tags: intransitive Synonyms (to argue for a better deal): wrangle Translations (to argue for a better deal): سَاوَمَ (sāwama) (Arabic), սակարկել (sakarkel) (Armenian), таргавацца (tarhavacca) [imperfective] (Belarusian), пазаря се (pazarja se) (Bulgarian), regatejar (Catalan), 殺價 (Chinese Cantonese), 杀价 (saat³ gaa³) (Chinese Cantonese), 討價還價 (Chinese Mandarin), 讨价还价 (tǎojià-huánjià) (Chinese Mandarin), 計較 (Chinese Mandarin), 计较 (jìjiào) (Chinese Mandarin), smlouvat (Czech), handrkovat se (Czech), dohadovat se [imperfective] (Czech), prutte (Danish), købslå (Danish), afdingen (Dutch), marĉandi (Esperanto), tingima (Estonian), tinkiä (Finnish), marchander (French), regatear (Galician), relear (Galician), feilschen (German), markten [dated] (German), schachern (German), διαπραγματεύομαι (diapragmatévomai) (Greek), παζαρεύω (pazarévo) [colloquial] (Greek), alkudozik (Hungarian), prútta (Icelandic), tawar (Indonesian), tinkiä (Ingrian), tiukata (Ingrian), contrattare (Italian), tirare sul prezzo (Italian), mercanteggiare (Italian), 値切る (negiru) (alt: ねぎる) (Japanese), 〔値段などで〕押し問答する (alt: [nedan nado de] oshimondou suru) (Japanese), ដេញថ្លៃ (dəɲ tlay) (Khmer), 깎다 (kkakda) (Korean), ຕໍ່ (tǭ) (Lao), wikowaś (Lower Sorbian), се ценка (se cenka) (Macedonian), prute (Norwegian), چانه زدن (čâne zadan) (Persian), targować się (Polish), pechinchar (Portuguese), regatear (Portuguese), barganhar (Portuguese), tocmi (Romanian), negocia (Romanian), târgui (Romanian), neguța (Romanian), țigăni (Romanian), торгова́ться (torgovátʹsja) (Russian), cjenkati (Serbo-Croatian), barantati [imperfective] (Slovene), regatear (Spanish), pruta (Swedish), köpslå (Swedish), ต่อรอง (dtòr rong) (Thai), pazarlık etmek (Turkish), pazarlık yapmak (Turkish), торгува́тися (torhuvátysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), wikować (Upper Sorbian), mặc cả (Vietnamese), waxaale (Wolof)
    Sense id: en-haggle-en-verb--1-AWubt Disambiguation of 'to argue for a better deal': 95 1 4 Disambiguation of 'to argue for a better deal': 95 1 4
  2. (transitive) To hack (cut crudely) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-haggle-en-verb--f7q5RLq
  3. To stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle. Translations (to stick at small matters): насичам (nasičam) (Bulgarian), chipoter (French), leistis į smulkmenas (Lithuanian), detener en pequeñeces [pronominal] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-haggle-en-verb-T21hNt0R Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -le (verbal frequentative) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 23 67 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 14 23 63 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le (verbal frequentative): 23 24 53 Disambiguation of 'to stick at small matters': 1 3 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: haggler, higgle-haggle Related terms: bargain, negotiate

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2020, Abi Daré, The Girl With The Louding Voice, Sceptre, page 184",
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          "roman": "pazarja se",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "пазаря се"
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          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "regatejar"
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          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
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          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "殺價"
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          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "saat³ gaa³",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "杀价"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "討價還價"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tǎojià-huánjià",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "讨价还价"
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          "roman": "jìjiào",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "计较"
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          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "smlouvat"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "handrkovat se"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "dohadovat se"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "prutte"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "købslå"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "afdingen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "marĉandi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "tingima"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "tinkiä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "marchander"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "regatear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "relear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "feilschen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "tags": [
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "markten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "schachern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "diapragmatévomai",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "διαπραγματεύομαι"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "pazarévo",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "παζαρεύω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "alkudozik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "prútta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "tawar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "tinkiä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "tiukata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "contrattare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "tirare sul prezzo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "mercanteggiare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "alt": "ねぎる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "negiru",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "値切る"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "alt": "[nedan nado de] oshimondou suru",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "〔値段などで〕押し問答する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "dəɲ tlay",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "ដេញថ្លៃ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "kkakda",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "깎다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "tǭ",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "ຕໍ່"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "se cenka",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "се ценка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "prute"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "čâne zadan",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "چانه زدن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "targować się"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "pechinchar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "regatear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "barganhar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "tocmi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "negocia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "târgui"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "neguța"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "țigăni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "torgovátʹsja",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "торгова́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "cjenkati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "barantati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "wikowaś"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "hsb",
          "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "wikować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "regatear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "pruta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "köpslå"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "dtòr rong",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "ต่อรอง"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "pazarlık etmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "pazarlık yapmak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "torhuvátysja",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "торгува́тися"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "mặc cả"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "wo",
          "lang": "Wolof",
          "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
          "word": "waxaale"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "To hack (cut crudely)"
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      "id": "en-haggle-en-verb--f7q5RLq",
      "links": [
        [
          "hack",
          "hack"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To hack (cut crudely)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
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    },
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "June 30, 1784, Horace Walpole, letter to the Hon. Henry Seymour Conway\nRoyalty and science never haggled about the value of blood."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle."
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      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
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      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
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      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
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      "roman": "pazarja se",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "regatejar"
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    {
      "code": "yue",
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      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "殺價"
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    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "saat³ gaa³",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "討價還價"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tǎojià-huánjià",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "讨价还价"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "計較"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jìjiào",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "计较"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "smlouvat"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "handrkovat se"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dohadovat se"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "prutte"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "købslå"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "afdingen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "marĉandi"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "tingima"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "tinkiä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "marchander"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "regatear"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "relear"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "feilschen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "markten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "schachern"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diapragmatévomai",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "διαπραγματεύομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pazarévo",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "παζαρεύω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "alkudozik"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "prútta"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "tawar"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "tinkiä"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "tiukata"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "contrattare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "tirare sul prezzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "mercanteggiare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ねぎる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "negiru",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "値切る"
    },
    {
      "alt": "[nedan nado de] oshimondou suru",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "〔値段などで〕押し問答する"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "dəɲ tlay",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "ដេញថ្លៃ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "kkakda",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "깎다"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "tǭ",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "ຕໍ່"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "se cenka",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "се ценка"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "prute"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "čâne zadan",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "چانه زدن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "targować się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "pechinchar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "regatear"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "barganhar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "tocmi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "negocia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "târgui"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "neguța"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "țigăni"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "torgovátʹsja",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "торгова́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "cjenkati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "barantati"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "wikowaś"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "wikować"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "regatear"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "pruta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "köpslå"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dtòr rong",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "ต่อรอง"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "pazarlık etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "pazarlık yapmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "torhuvátysja",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "торгува́тися"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "mặc cả"
    },
    {
      "code": "wo",
      "lang": "Wolof",
      "sense": "to argue for a better deal",
      "word": "waxaale"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nasičam",
      "sense": "to stick at small matters",
      "word": "насичам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to stick at small matters",
      "word": "chipoter"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "to stick at small matters",
      "word": "leistis į smulkmenas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stick at small matters",
      "tags": [
        "pronominal"
      ],
      "word": "detener en pequeñeces"
    }
  ],
  "word": "haggle"
}

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