chaffer

(c̸haf′ər)

noun

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

intransitive verb

Related Forms:

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

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)

Related Forms:

link/cite print suggestion box

More from YD