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Chaffer

Chaffer Meaning & Definition
Chaffer Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Chaffer?

[v] chew the fat; shoot the breeze
[v] wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's not haggle over a few dollars"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Chaffer: chat | chatter | chitchat | claver | confab | confabulate | gossip | haggle | higgle | huckster | jaw | natter | visit

Related Terms | Find terms related to Chaffer:

See Also | bargain | bargain down | beat down | converse | dicker | discourse | jawbone | schmoose | schmooze | shmoose | shmooze

Chaffer In Webster's Dictionary

\Chaff"er\, n. One who chaffs.
\Chaf"fer\, n. [OE. chaffare, cheapfare; AS. ce['a]p a bargain, price + faru a journey; hence, originally, a going to barain, to market. See {Cheap}, and {Fare}.] Bargaining; merchandise. [Obs.] --Holished.
\Chaf"fer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chaffered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chaffering}.] [OE. chaffaren, fr. chaffare, chapfare, cheapfare, a bargaining. See {Chaffer}, n.] 1. To treat or dispute about a purchase; to bargain; to haggle or higgle; to negotiate. To chaffer for preferments with his gold. --Dryden. 2. To talk much and idly; to chatter. --Trench.
\Chaf"fer\, v. t. 1. To buy or sell; to trade in. He chaffered chairs in which churchmen were set. --Spenser. 2. To exchange; to bandy, as words. --Spenser.

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