hondel

Definition

To bargain; to haggle.

Etymology

From Yiddish האַנדלען (handlen, “to trade”), from German handeln. Doublet of handle.

Example Sentences

• "It's the clanging of cash registers, the banging of beads, hawking, hondelling and the hooting of horns."
• "Some might call it religious hondeling, but Rabbi Rosenbaum finds himself doing just that, and more often than he cares to admit."
• "The Rabbi began to hondel with God, like Abraham, only in reverse. He asked for permission to make a 100 mistakes, then a thousand."