chaffer : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: chaffer	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for chaffer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chaffer v wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's not haggle over a few dollars" Synonym(s): haggle, higgle, chaffer, huckster talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" Synonym(s): chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit
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[a0]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.