値切り交渉
解説 Definition
haggling は haggle（値切る、価格交渉をする）の動名詞で、値切り交渉という意味です。市場や個人間の売買などで、価格を下げようとしてやり取りする行為を表します。
The activity of repeatedly discussing or disputing a price in an attempt to reach a lower or mutually acceptable amount. It is especially associated with street markets, antiques, and informal sales where prices are not fixed.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 haggle「値段をめぐって交渉する」の語末 e を落として -ing を付けた動名詞で、発音では末尾に /ɪŋ/ が加わる。市場で売り手の提示額と買い手の希望額を何度も調整する場面を思い浮かべる。haggling over the price が定番で、negotiation より値切りの応酬という語感が強い。
Connect haggling to the base verb haggle. The final e is dropped before -ing is added, giving haggling, with an extra /ɪŋ/ sound at the end. Imagine a buyer and seller repeatedly offering different amounts at a market until they agree. The most useful pattern is “haggling over the price.” Negotiation is the broader word and can concern contracts, schedules, or political agreements; haggling usually suggests persistent back-and-forth over how much something costs. That narrow marketplace scene makes the noun easy to recognize and use accurately.
例文
Haggling is common in some street markets.
一部の露店市場では値切り交渉がよく行われます。
She enjoys haggling over the price of antiques.
彼女は骨董品の値段をめぐる値切り交渉を楽しみます。
After a few minutes of haggling, they agreed on a fair price.
数分の値切り交渉のあと、彼らは納得できる価格で合意しました。
haggling の類義語・関連語
haggling の語源・成り立ち Etymology
動詞 haggle に -ing が付いた名詞形。haggle は古ノルド語 höggva（切る、叩き切る）に由来し、中英語 haggen（切り刻む）を経た。価格を「切り下げる」イメージから値切り交渉の意味に転じた。関連語：hack（切る）、hew（削る）。
Haggling is the -ing form of haggle, created by dropping the final e before adding the suffix. Haggle originally referred to cutting unevenly or chopping, and it is related historically to Scandinavian and Middle English words for cutting. The commercial sense developed figuratively, as participants repeatedly cut at or reduce a proposed price. In modern English, the noun describes the back-and-forth process of bargaining, particularly in informal buying and selling.
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