chaffer
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chaff·er 1
(chăf′ər)n.
One who engages in banter or good-natured teasing.
chaf·fer 2
(chăf′ər)intr.v.chaf·fered,chaf·fer·ing,chaf·fers
To bargain or haggle.
n.
Archaic A bargaining or haggling.
[Middle Englishchaffaren,to haggle, fromchaffare, cheapfare,bargaining :chep,purchase; see cheap +fare,journey, business (from Old Englishfaru, fromfaran,to travel; see fare).]
chaf′fer·er n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
chaffer
(ˈtʃæfə)vb
1. (intr) to haggle or bargain
2.to chatter, talk, or say idly; bandy (words)
3. (tr)obsolete to deal in; barter
n
haggling or bargaining
[C13chaffare, fromchep bargain +fare journey; see cheap, fare]
ˈchafferern
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
chaf•fer1
(ˈtʃæf ər)v.i.
1. to bargain; haggle: to chaffer over a price.
2. to bandy words; chatter.
v.t. 3. to trade; barter.
[1175–1225; Middle Englishchaffare, derivative ofchapfare trading journey = Old Englishcēap trade (seecheap) +faru journey; seefare]
chaff′er•er,n.
chaf•fer2
(ˈtʃæf ər)n.
a person who chaffs or banters.
[1850–55]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
chaffer
Past participle:chaffered
Gerund:chaffering
Imperative |
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chaffer |
chaffer |
Present |
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I chaffer |
you chaffer |
he/she/it chaffers |
we chaffer |
you chaffer |
they chaffer |
Preterite |
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I chaffered |
you chaffered |
he/she/it chaffered |
we chaffered |
you chaffered |
they chaffered |
Present Continuous |
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I am chaffering |
you are chaffering |
he/she/it is chaffering |
we are chaffering |
you are chaffering |
they are chaffering |
Present Perfect |
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I have chaffered |
you have chaffered |
he/she/it has chaffered |
we have chaffered |
you have chaffered |
they have chaffered |
Past Continuous |
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I was chaffering |
you were chaffering |
he/she/it was chaffering |
we were chaffering |
you were chaffering |
they were chaffering |
Past Perfect |
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I had chaffered |
you had chaffered |
he/she/it had chaffered |
we had chaffered |
you had chaffered |
they had chaffered |
Future |
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I will chaffer |
you will chaffer |
he/she/it will chaffer |
we will chaffer |
you will chaffer |
they will chaffer |
Future Perfect |
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I will have chaffered |
you will have chaffered |
he/she/it will have chaffered |
we will have chaffered |
you will have chaffered |
they will have chaffered |
Future Continuous |
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I will be chaffering |
you will be chaffering |
he/she/it will be chaffering |
we will be chaffering |
you will be chaffering |
they will be chaffering |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been chaffering |
you have been chaffering |
he/she/it has been chaffering |
we have been chaffering |
you have been chaffering |
they have been chaffering |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been chaffering |
you will have been chaffering |
he/she/it will have been chaffering |
we will have been chaffering |
you will have been chaffering |
they will have been chaffering |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been chaffering |
you had been chaffering |
he/she/it had been chaffering |
we had been chaffering |
you had been chaffering |
they had been chaffering |
Conditional |
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I would chaffer |
you would chaffer |
he/she/it would chaffer |
we would chaffer |
you would chaffer |
they would chaffer |
Past Conditional |
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I would have chaffered |
you would have chaffered |
he/she/it would have chaffered |
we would have chaffered |
you would have chaffered |
they would have chaffered |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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Verb | 1. | chaffer - wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's not haggle over a few dollars" bargain down,beat down - persuade the seller to accept a lower price; "She beat the merchant down $100" |
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Ah Moy had bought him in Sydney from a sailor for eighteen shillings andchaffered an hour over the bargain.
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The youngsters among the passengers, YoungChaffers of the 150th, and poor little Ricketts, coming home after his third fever, used to draw out Sedley at the cuddy-table and make him tell prodigious stories about himself and his exploits against tigers and Napoleon.
And while Levy and Toriki drank absinthe andchaffered over the pearl, Huru-Huru listened and heard the stupendous price of twenty-five thousand francs agreed upon.
He was born May 31, 1922, in Dothan, Ala., to Gable andChaffer Smith Peacock.
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Whole 'Nother Deal, by DonChaffer & Waterdeep.
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