haggling

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of haggle

plural hagglings

1. The act of one who haggles.

   All the materials, therefore, existed for an interminable series of hagglings, bargainings, and blackmailings.

   1934, Winston Churchill, Marlborough: His Life and Times (book 2, page 51)

   1 more example

   After weeks of haggling, Transport for London and the Department for Transport agreed a £200 million short-term funding deal that will keep the network running until June.

   2022 March 23, Paul Clifton, “Londoners pay the price”, in RAIL, number 953, page 48