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chaffer
1[ chaf-er ]
noun
- bargaining; haggling.
verb (used without object)
- to bargain; haggle:
to chaffer over a price.
- to bandy words; chatter:
to chaffer about nothing in particular.
verb (used with object)
- to bandy (words).
- Obsolete. to trade or deal in; barter.
chaffer
/ ˈʃæə /
verb
- intr to haggle or bargain
- to chatter, talk, or say idly; bandy (words)
- obsolete.tr to deal in; barter
noun
- haggling or bargaining
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Derived Forms
- ˈڴڱ, noun
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Other Word Forms
- ڴİ· noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chaffer1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chaffer1
C13 chaffare, from chep bargain + fare journey; see cheap , fare
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The man stayed his chaffering, and looked up at us.
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And round each brood was a little group of townsfolk, making critical survey of the birds and, after a good deal of wordy chaffering, purchasing.
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Now, I'm willing to take it for Tom Higginbotham; but I like to drive a keen bargain, and there would be no fun chaffering with thy mother just now.
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And yet you dared to chaffer with me?
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"And, excuse me, sir; what pay will you give us?—not that I wish to chaffer with one who has come to my rescue in so generous a manner."
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