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chaf·fer

1   [chaf-er]
noun
1.
bargaining; haggling.
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verb (used without object)
2.
to bargain; haggle: to chaffer over a price.
3.
to bandy words; chatter: to chaffer about nothing in particular.

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verb (used with object)
4.
to bandy (words).
5.
Obsolete. to trade or deal in; barter.
Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English chaffare, derivative of chapfare trading journey, equivalent to Old English cēap trade (see cheap) + faru journey; see fare

Related forms
chaff·er·er, noun
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chaf·fer

2   [chaf-er]
noun
a person who chaffs or banters.
Origin:
1850–55; chaff2 + -er1
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chaff2 (tʃɑːf)
 
—n
1.  light-hearted teasing or joking; banter
 
—vb
2.  to tease good-naturedly; banter
 
[C19: probably slang variant of chafe, perhaps influenced by chaff1]
 
'chaffer2
 
—n

chaffer (ˈtʃæfə)
 
—vb
1.  (intr) to haggle or bargain
2.  to chatter, talk, or say idly; bandy (words)
3.  obsolete (tr) to deal in; barter
 
—n
4.  haggling or bargaining
 
[C13 chaffare, from chep bargain + fare journey; see cheap, fare]
 
'chafferer
 
—n

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chaffer
early 13c., cheffare "buying and selling," probably from O.E. ceap "bargain, sale" (see cheap) + faru "faring, going" (see fare (n.)). In later use, "haggling." The verb is recorded from mid-14c.
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