2. To chaffer; to stickle for small advantages in buying and
selling; to haggle.
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A person accustomed to higgle about taps. --Jeffry.
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To truck and higgle for a private good. --Emerson. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
higgling — hig·gle || hɪgl v. wrangle; haggle, argue over a price or condition … English contemporary dictionary
higgling — A stock exchange term for negotiations by offers to sell and offers to purchase through which a price is agreed upon and a sale accomplished. Nicol v Ames, 173 US 509, 518, 43 L Ed 786, 792, 19 S Ct 522 … Ballentine's law dictionary
higgling — higgˈling noun and adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑higgle … Useful english dictionary
Higgle — Hig gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Higgled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Higgling}.] [Cf. {Haggle}, or {Huckster}.] 1. To hawk or peddle provisions. [1913 Webster] 2. To chaffer; to stickle for small advantages in buying and selling; to haggle. [1913 Webster] A… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Higgled — Higgle Hig gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Higgled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Higgling}.] [Cf. {Haggle}, or {Huckster}.] 1. To hawk or peddle provisions. [1913 Webster] 2. To chaffer; to stickle for small advantages in buying and selling; to haggle. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
higgle — intransitive verb (higgled; higgling) Etymology: probably alteration of haggle Date: 1633 haggle • higgler noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
Neil De Marchi — is an Australian economist and historian of economic thought. During the 2007 08 academic year, Neil De Marchi has convened the Recycle Seminar at the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute with Mark Anthony Neal and Annabel J. Wharton. Selected … Wikipedia
higgle — /hig euhl/, v.i., higgled, higgling. to bargain, esp. in a petty way; haggle. [1625 35; appar. var. of HAGGLE] * * * … Universalium
William Ewart Gladstone — The Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS Prime Minister of the United Kingdom … Wikipedia
bargaining — Synonyms and related words: audience, bargaining session, chaffer, chaffering, collective bargaining, coming to terms, conclave, confab, confabulation, conference, confrontation, congress, consultation, convention, council, council fire, council… … Moby Thesaurus
