chaffer








noun

  1. bargaining; haggling.

verb (used without object)

  1. to bargain; haggle: to chaffer over a price.
  2. to bandy words; chatter: to chaffer about nothing in particular.

verb (used with object)

  1. to bandy (words).
  2. Obsolete. to trade or deal in; barter.

noun

  1. a person who chaffs or banters.

verb

  1. (intr) to haggle or bargain
  2. to chatter, talk, or say idly; bandy (words)
  3. (tr) obsolete to deal in; barter

noun

  1. haggling or bargaining
n.

“a bargain,” early 13c., cheffare “buying and selling,” also (14c.) cheapfare, probably from Old English ceap “bargain, traffic, gain, sale” (see cheap) + faru “faring, going” (see fare (n.)). In later use, “haggling.” The verb is recorded from mid-14c.

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