Found 3 items, similar to chaffer.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: chaffer
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: chaffer
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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Chaffer
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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