haggling

/ˈhæɡlɪŋ/ noun [U]

Definition

› COMMERCE the act of arguing about the price of something in an attempt to make the seller reduce it: haggling over/abouthaggling between sb/sth and sb/sth Haggling between the company and investors over valuations will continue until the price is announced.

› the act of arguing about the details of something: haggling over/about sth Some of the member states find themselves involved in endless haggling about their voting rights within the EU. bureaucratic/political/public haggling

(Definition of haggling noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)