Definitions of chaffer [ˈtʃæf ər]

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Definition of 'chaffer'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) chaffer
to bargain; haggle:
to chaffer over a price.

2. chaffer
to bandy words; chatter.

3. (v.t.) chaffer
to trade; barter.

4. (n.) chaffer
a person who chaffs or banters.

Etymology: (1850–55)

Definition of 'chaffer'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) haggle, higgle, chaffer, huckster
wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)
"Let's not haggle over a few dollars"

2. (verb) chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit
talk socially without exchanging too much information
"the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"

Definition of 'chaffer'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) chaffer
one who chaffs

2. (noun) chaffer
bargaining; merchandise

3. (noun) chaffer
to treat or dispute about a purchase; to bargain; to haggle or higgle; to negotiate

4. (noun) chaffer
to talk much and idly; to chatter

5. (verb) chaffer
to buy or sell; to trade in

6. (verb) chaffer
to exchange; to bandy, as words

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