chaffer

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: chaf=fer

CIDE DICTIONARY

chaffer, n. 

 One who chaffs.  [1913 Webster]

chaffer, n. [OE. chaffare, cheapfare; AS. ceáp a bargain, price + faru a journey; hence, originally, a going to barain, to market. See Cheap, and Fare.].

 Bargaining; merchandise.  Holished.  [1913 Webster]

chaffer, v. i. [OE. chaffaren, fr. chaffare, chapfare, cheapfare, a bargaining. See Chaffer, n.].

•  To treat or dispute about a purchase; to bargain; to haggle or higgle; to negotiate.  [1913 Webster]

  "To chaffer for preferments with his gold."  [1913 Webster]
•  To talk much and idly; to chatter.  Trench.  [1913 Webster]

chaffer, v. t. 

•  To buy or sell; to trade in.  [1913 Webster]

  "He chaffered chairs in which churchmen were set."  [1913 Webster]
•  To exchange; to bandy, as words.  Spenser.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

chaffer, v. & n.
--v.intr. haggle; bargain.
--n. bargaining; haggling.

Derivative

chafferer n.

Etymology

ME f. OE ceapfaru f. ceap bargain + faru journey

ROGET THESAURUS

chaffer

Barter

VB barter, exchange, swap, swop, truck, scorse, interchange, commutate, compound for, trade, traffic, buy and sell, give and take, nundinate, carry on a trade, ply a trade, drive a trade, be in business, be in the city, keep a shop, deal in, employ one's capital in, trade with, deal with, have dealings with, transact business with, do business with, open an account with, keep an account with, bargain, drive a bargain, make a bargain, negotiate, bid for, haggle, higgle, dicker, chaffer, huckster, cheapen, beat down, stickle, stickle for, out bid, under bid, ask, charge, strike a bargain, speculate, give a sprat to catch a herring, buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market, buy low and sell high, corner the market, rig the market, stag the market.