Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chaffer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chaffer \Chaff"er\, n.
One who chaffs.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chaffer \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chaffer \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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: chew the fat; shoot the breeze [syn: {chat}, {confabulate},
{confab}, {chitchat}, {chatter}, {natter}, {gossip}, {jaw},
{claver}, {visit}]
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