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chafferer

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chaf⋅fer

1  [chaf-er]
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–noun
1. bargaining; haggling.
–verb (used without object)
2. to bargain; haggle: to chaffer over a price.
3. to bandy words; chatter: to chaffer about nothing in particular.
–verb (used with object)
4. to bandy (words).
5. Obsolete. to trade or deal in; barter.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME chaffare, deriv. of chapfare trading journey, equiv. to OE cēap trade (see cheap ) + faru journey; see fare

Related forms:
chaff⋅er⋅er, noun
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chaf·fer 2   (chāf'ər)   
v.   chaf·fered, chaf·fer·ing, chaf·fers

v.   intr.

  1. To bargain or haggle.

  2. Chiefly British To bandy words; engage in small talk.

v.   tr.
To bargain or haggle for.
n.  Archaic A bargaining or haggling.

[Middle English chaffaren, to haggle, from chaffare, cheapfare, bargaining : chep, purchase; see cheap + fare, journey, business (from Old English faru, from faran, to travel; see fare).]
chaf'fer·er n.
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