Found 5 hits - Term: chaffer, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
chaffer \chaff"er\, n.
one who chaffs.
1913 webster
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
chaffer \chaf"fer\, n. oe. chaffare, cheapfare; as. ce'ap a
bargain, price + faru a journey; hence, originally, a going
to barain, to market. see cheap, and fare.
bargaining; merchandise. obs. --holished.
1913 webster
see also:
cheap fare
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
chaffer \chaf"fer\, v. i. imp. p. p. chaffered; p. pr.
vb. n. chaffering. oe. chaffaren, fr. chaffare, chapfare,
cheapfare, a bargaining. see chaffer, n.
1913 webster
1. to treat or dispute about a purchase; to bargain; to
haggle or higgle; to negotiate.
1913 webster
to chaffer for preferments with his gold. --dryden.
1913 webster
2. to talk much and idly; to chatter. --trench.
1913 webster
see also:
chaffered chaffering chaffer
- [4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
chaffer \chaf"fer\, v. t.
1. to buy or sell; to trade in.
1913 webster
he chaffered chairs in which churchmen were set.
--spenser.
1913 webster
2. to exchange; to bandy, as words. --spenser.
1913 webster
- [5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
chaffer
v 1: wrangle over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.; "let's
not haggle over a few dollars" syn: haggle, higgle,
huckster
2: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the
men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
syn: chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate,
confab, chitchat, chatter, natter, gossip, jaw,
claver, visit
see also:
haggle higgle huckster chew the fat shoot the breeze chat
confabulate confab chitchat chatter natter
gossip jaw claver visit
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