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noun

Definition of hagglingnext
as in bargaining

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verb

present participle of haggle
as in negotiating
to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase had to haggle to get his friend to sell his guitar for 20 bucks

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  1. negotiating
  2. negotiation
  3. transaction
Verb
  • Moving swiftly—accepting HTS’s ascendancy, negotiating pragmatic terms with Kurdish elements—might signal adaptability and secure Turkey’s seat at the table.
    Guney Yildiz, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Last Christmas Eve, Posen was with her in the hospital, negotiating with Dickson by phone.
    Irina Aleksander, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of negotiating
Noun
  • Jamieson Greer Washington lawyer Jamieson Greer is Trump’s pick to lead international trade negotiations.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Republicans made good on their promise not to show up for a vote Friday unless Tate put up bills to keep negotiations on the minimum wage and paid sick leave laws alive.
    Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of negotiation
Noun
  • The undiscovered country lies in unleashing machine intelligence on Bitcoin transactions.
    Korok Ray, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • That whiteboard represented a wide range of possibilities on the table for the Red Sox as baseball’s busiest transaction week began from pursuing free-agent starters to trading for pitchers to adding to the offense to further bolstering the bullpen.
    Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of transaction
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