higgle
Dispute over price
Higgle means to haggle or bargain, especially in a petty or persistent way over small amounts.
The word is old-fashioned and rarely encountered today, having been largely displaced by haggle: They higgled over the price of eggs at the market.
A higgler was once a term for an itinerant dealer or huckster.
Favorable purchase price
- barterDirect goods-for-goods exchange
- dickerNegotiate terms informally
- negotiateDiscuss to reach agreement
- wrangleArgue or herd livestock
quibble · palter · huckster · peddle · cheapen · beat down · trade · swap
Of no real importance
- piddlingInsignificantly small
- picayuneOf trivial importance
- nigglingTrivially but persistently bothersome
- fussyExcessively particular
trivial · petty · small · minor · insignificant · penny-pinching · nickel-and-dime · quibbling
bargain
Favorable purchase price
- barterDirect goods-for-goods exchange
- dickerNegotiate terms informally
- negotiateDiscuss to reach agreement
wrangle · quibble · palter · huckster · peddle · cheapen · beat down · trade · swap · deal
trifling
Of no real importance
- piddlingInsignificantly small
- picayuneOf trivial importance
- nigglingTrivially but persistently bothersome
fussy · trivial · petty · small · minor · insignificant · penny-pinching · nickel-and-dime · quibbling · splitting hairs