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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Chaffer \Chaff"er\, n.
     One who chaffs.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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; to negotiate.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              To chaffer for preferments with his gold. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To talk much and idly; to chatter. --Trench.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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]

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['a]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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  chaffer
       v 1: wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's
            not haggle over a few dollars" [syn: haggle, higgle,
             huckster]
       2: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the
          men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
          [syn: chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate,
           confab, chitchat, chatter, natter, gossip, jaw,
           claver, visit]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  chaffer
     Welsh vb.
     (aspirate mutation of cy caffer)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  chaffer
     n.
     bargaining; merchandise
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To haggle or barter.
     n.
     (lb en agriculture) The upper sieve of a cleaning shoe in a combine
  harvester, where chaff is removed

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  chaffer
     Welsh vb.
     (aspirate mutation of cy caffer)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  chaffer
     Welsh vb.
     (aspirate mutation of cy caffer)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Chaffer /tʃˈafə/
  المساومة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  chaffer //ˈtʃæfə// //ˈt͡ʃæfɚ// 
  пазарлък
  bargaining; merchandise

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  chaffer //ˈtʃæfə// //ˈt͡ʃæfɚ// 
  пазаря се
  haggle or barter