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• n  an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
• v  wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)

• The haggling and the hustling is simply humanity being itself.
• Nick Ut AP It would help to have a budget, but state legislators have been at an impasse for weeks, haggling over various proposals and weighing their political consequences .
• In this economy, shoppers are haggling everywhere--even at big retail chains--and are coming out on top.

• haggle
• wrangle
• wrangling
• higgle
• chaffer
• huckster

News & Articles

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• Border Deal Boosts Immigration’s Chances in the Senate
  It required hours of late-night haggling, heated disputes and a wonky economic white paper to emerge as an eleventh-hour savior. But Senate negotiators announced an agreement Thursday on an amendment that stiffens security along the southern border as part of a rewrite of U.S. immigration laws, clearing aside a primary obstacle and paving the way for passage through the chamber. The deal, which ...
  June 21, 2013 - Swampland
• HYDROELECTRIC POWER
  Driving off a dealer’s lot in a shiny new car can be exhilarating, but the hours you might spend haggling to get to that point can be about as pleasant as a tax audit.        
  June 16, 2013 - Boston Globe
• Sources: Bledsoe linchpin in Doc-Clips deal
  The proposed cross-country move of Doc Rivers from the Boston Celtics' bench to the Los Angeles Clippers' bench remained in limbo Sunday night because of the teams' ongoing haggling over prized young guard Eric Bledsoe, according to sources with knowled
  June 16, 2013 - ESPN

Quotes

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• Rob Enderle in BBC News
  Right now they are haggling,said technology analyst Rob Enderle. "Yahoo is not saying no at any price. They are saying the Microsoft offer is not strong enough."
• Rupert Murdoch in Broadcasting & Cable
  Content plans have gathered around our ideas, and instead of existential debates over value, now we're haggling over valuations,said Murdoch, who added that he had been visiting innovative research labs in Asia and the floor of the Consumer...
• Rod Marsh in guardian.co.uk
  How they didn't wrap Cooley up is beyond comprehension,said Marsh. "The ECB is an organisation that has a hell of a lot more money than almost anyone in world cricket and so you have to wonder why it was haggling over a contract extension....