haggle

However, if you haggle for a lower rate, he said, a broker will often try to get one for you.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

In 2023, Orsted, Equinor and British major BP booked impairments totaling nearly $5 billion as costs spiraled, suppliers lagged and regulators refused to allow firms to haggle for higher power-purchase prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

“Each piece represents a store we love, a lucky find or a successful haggle that ended with us carrying home something with history.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026

In short: months and months of talking, as party leaders try to form a workable coalition and haggle over a government programme palatable to all sides.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2025

Conversation would be nice, but the true reward would be the ability to haggle fluently and get my next two-headed skull for the same price as a normal one.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

In “Between Riverside and Crazy,” a Black man haggles over the concessions he’s being offered by his former employer, the New York Police Department, eight years after he was shot by a white cop.

From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2023

It’s not going to be because she haggles over paragraphs in the bill.

From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2021

He haggles with a supermarket cashier, admires the paved roads, poses with a power mower to impress a cousin back home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2021

McGee notes that Washington often haggles as all sides try to cut a deal.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 1, 2020

"He haggles because he is a free man," said the other.

From The Man Who Was Thursday, a nightmare by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

He has haggled about the price, which makes my brother think it’s a legit offer.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2025

The fishmonger and I haggled over the sea bass.

From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2025

As they haggled over the number of centrifuges Iran could build, they also defused potential crises.

From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2024

When he collected the sweets from the wholesaler, he noticed they were darker than unusual so he haggled with confectioner Joseph Neal and saved half a penny per pound.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2023

Christmas came one morning and haggled everybody’s nerves like a dull ax—too shabby to cut clean but too heavy to ignore.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison

In a damp back alley, Jingjing joined job-seekers milling about leisurely, haggling for higher wages while garment bosses perched on scooters brandished hiring signs, desperate for day labourers.

From Barron's ● May 6, 2026

They have decided to do a deal and are haggling with the trader.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026

In a car-buying simulation, researchers at Indiana University and Cornell University found that participants were willing to pay an average of about $1,100 extra for a $20,000 vehicle just to avoid any haggling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026

Carvana has eye-catching “car vending machines” in key cities and offers buyers a still-novel way to shop from home for a used car, without haggling.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 10, 2025

“Is it true that the Modegan nobility regard haggling as a contemptible activity for those of any highborn station?”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss