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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.

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"

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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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