chaffer

chaffer
    v 1: wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's
         not haggle over a few dollars" [syn: {haggle}, {higgle},
         {chaffer}, {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}, {chit-chat}, {chatter}, {chaffer},
       {natter}, {gossip}, {jaw}, {claver}, {visit}]
    

Chaffer \Chaff"er\, n.
   One who chaffs.
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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.
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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.]
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   1. To treat or dispute about a purchase; to bargain; to
      haggle or higgle; to negotiate.
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            To chaffer for preferments with his gold. --Dryden.
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   2. To talk much and idly; to chatter. --Trench.
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Chaffer \Chaf"fer\, v. t.
   1. To buy or sell; to trade in.
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            He chaffered chairs in which churchmen were set.
                                                  --Spenser.
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   2. To exchange; to bandy, as words. --Spenser.
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