chaffer

(c̸hafər)

noun

  1. Obsolete trade; business
  2. Archaic a haggling over price or terms; bargaining

Origin: ME chaffare, merchandise, trade < OE ceap, cep, a purchase + faru, a journey: see cheap & fare

intransitive verb

  1. Now Rare to haggle over price; bargain
  2. to chat idly

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See chaffer in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
One who engages in banter or good-natured teasing.

verb chaf·fered, chaf·fer·ing, chaf·fers
verb, intransitive
  1. To bargain or haggle.
  2. Chiefly British To bandy words; engage in small talk.
verb, transitive
To bargain or haggle for.
noun
Archaic A bargaining or haggling.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English chaffaren, to haggle

Origin: , from chaffare, cheapfare, bargaining

Origin: : chep, purchase; see cheap

Origin: + fare, journey, business (from Old English faru, from faran, to travel; see fare)

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Related Forms:

  • chafˈfer·er noun
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