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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
Other 51Թ Forms
- chafferer noun
- ˈڴڱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of chaffer1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of chaffer1
Example Sentences
The man stayed his chaffering, and looked up at us.
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.
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.
And yet you dared to chaffer with me?
"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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