haggle

  • 71bargain on sth — UK US bargain for/on sth Phrasal Verb with bargain({{}}/ˈbɑːgɪn/ verb [I] ► to expect or be prepared for something: »We hadn t bargained on such a high rate of interest. »The strength of the opposition was rather more than she had bargained for.… …

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  • 72palter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. equivocate; haggle; trifle. See barter, falsehood, unimportance. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To stray from truthfulness or sincerity: equivocate, prevaricate, shuffle. See TRUE. 2. To argue… …

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  • 73Disjunction — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Disjunction >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 disjunction disjunction disconnection disunity disunion disassociation disengagement Sgm: N 1 discontinuity discontinuity &c. 70 Sgm: N 1 abjunction abjunction Sgm …

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  • 74Barter — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Barter >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 barter barter exchange scorse| truck system Sgm: N 1 interchange interchange &c. 148 GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 a Roland for an Oliver a Roland for an Oliver Sgm: N 2 quid pro …

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  • 75bargain — [14] Bargain appears to be distantly related to borrow. Its immediate source was Old French bargaignier ‘haggle’, but this was probably borrowed from Germanic *borganjan, a derivative of *borgun (from which ultimately we get borrow). The sense… …

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  • 76hay — [OE] Etymologically, hay is ‘that which is cut down’. It comes ultimately from the prehistoric Germanic verb *khauwan, source also of English hew, which was formed from the Indo European base *kou , *kow . From it was derived the noun *khaujam,… …

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  • 77hawk — I n falcon, caracara, buzzard, vulture, kite, osprey, kestrel, harrier, goshawk, eagle. II v peddle, vend, market, sell; cry, Inf. bark; bargain, higgle, haggle, higgle haggle, Scot. argle bargle …

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  • 78higgle — v bargain, haggle, palter, dicker. See haggle(def.1) …

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  • 79higgle — hig•gle [[t]ˈhɪg əl[/t]] v. i. gled, gling to bargain, esp. in a petty way; haggle • Etymology: 1625–35; appar. alter. of haggle hig′gler, n …

    From formal English to slang

  • 80huckster — huck•ster [[t]ˈhʌk stər[/t]] n. 1) inf an aggressive seller or promoter, esp. one who uses showy or dubious methods 2) inf a person whose business is advertising, esp. radio and television advertising 3) a peddler of small items, esp. fruits and… …

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