chaffer

chaffer
I. noun Etymology: Middle English chaffare, from chep trade + fare journey — more at cheap, fare Date: 13th century archaic a haggling about price II. verb (chaffered; chaffering) Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. haggle 2. British to exchange small talk ; chatter transitive verb 1. exchange, barter 2. to bargain for • chafferer noun

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  • Chaffer — may refer to: Ross Chaffer, an Australian sprint canoer Norman Chaffer, an Australian businessman Don and Lori Chaffer, founding members of the band Waterdeep This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an …   Wikipedia

  • 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.] [1913 Webster] 1. To treat or dispute about a purchase; to bargain; to haggle or higgle; …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Chaffer — Chaff er, n. One who chaffs. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Chaffer — Chaf fer, v. t. 1. To buy or sell; to trade in. [1913 Webster] He chaffered chairs in which churchmen were set. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To exchange; to bandy, as words. Spenser. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • chaffer — index haggle, handle (trade), trade Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • chaffer — (n.) early 13c., cheffare buying and selling, probably from O.E. ceap bargain, sale (see CHEAP (Cf. cheap)) + faru faring, going (see FARE (Cf. fare) (n.)). In later use, haggling. The verb is recorded from mid 14c …   Etymology dictionary

  • chaffer — [chaf′ər] n. [ME chaffare, merchandise, trade < OE ceap, cep, a purchase + faru, a journey: see CHEAP & FARE] 1. Obs. trade; business 2. Archaic a haggling over price or terms; bargaining vi. 1. Now Rare to haggle over price; bargain …   English World dictionary

  • Chaffer — Lucy Katherine Chaffer (* 19. Oktober 1983 in Subiaco) ist eine australische Skeletonpilotin. Lucy Chaffer lebt in Perth und studierte an der Notre Dame Australia. Sie wird von Terry Holland und Duff Gibson trainiert. Chaffer wurde 2006 bei… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • chaffer — chaffer1 chafferer, n. /chaf euhr/, n. 1. bargaining; haggling. v.i. 2. to bargain; haggle: to chaffer over a price. 3. to bandy words; chatter: to chaffer about nothing in particular. v.t. 4. to bandy (words). 5. Obs. to trade or deal in; barter …   Universalium

  • Chaffer — Recorded in several forms including Chafer, Chaffer and Chuffer, this is an English medieval surname. It is occupational and has at least two possible origins, one of which may be French. This from the pre 10th century Olde French word chaufeur …   Surnames reference

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