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5 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: chaffer v 1: bargain or wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's not haggle over a few dollars" [syn: {haggle}, {higgle}, {huckster}, {dicker}] 2: chew the fat; shoot the breeze [syn: {chat}, {confabulate}, {confab}, {chitchat}, {chatter}, {natter}, {gossip}, {jaw}, {claver}, {visit}]
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