haggle

1. (intransitive) To argue for a better deal, especially over prices with a seller.Examples: "I haggled for a better price because the original price was too high."; "‘I am pretty useless at haggling. Haggling means asking the seller to sell stuff below the asking price.’"; "Last month, while officials from Washington and Beijing were haggling over whether to roll back tariffs that had brought their trade to a standstill, Chinese companies announced plans to invest about $4.7 billion in Brazil."Synonyms: bargain, chafferintransitive

2. (transitive) To hack (cut crudely)Examples: "Suffolk first died, and York, all haggled o'er, / Comes to him, where in gore he lay insteeped."; "I catched a catfish and haggled him open with my saw, and towards sundown I started my camp fire and had supper. Then I set out a line to catch some fish for breakfast."transitive