Meaning of CHAFFER
| Pronunciation: | | 'chafur
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- [v] chew the fat; shoot the breeze
- [v] wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's not haggle over a few dollars"
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| | Synonyms: | | chat, chatter, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, haggle, higgle, huckster, jaw, natter, visit |
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| | See Also: | | bargain, bargain down, beat down, converse, dicker, discourse, jawbone, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Chaff"er\, n.
One who chaffs.
\Chaf"fer\, n. [OE. chaffare, cheapfare; AS. ce['a]p a
bargain, price + faru a journey; hence, originally, a going
to barain, to market. See {Cheap}, and {Fare}.]
Bargaining; merchandise. [Obs.] --Holished.
\Chaf"fer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chaffered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Chaffering}.] [OE. chaffaren, fr. chaffare, chapfare,
cheapfare, a bargaining. See {Chaffer}, n.]
1. To treat or dispute about a purchase; to bargain; to
haggle or higgle; to negotiate.
To chaffer for preferments with his gold. --Dryden.
2. To talk much and idly; to chatter. --Trench.
\Chaf"fer\, v. t.
1. To buy or sell; to trade in.
He chaffered chairs in which churchmen were set.
--Spenser.
2. To exchange; to bandy, as words. --Spenser.
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