Chaffer means to haggle or bargain (verb), or to exchange small talk or banter (British English). As a noun, it refers to bargaining or haggling.
Chaffer bedeutet, zu feilschen oder zu handeln (Verb), oder auch, sich zu unterhalten oder zu plaudern (britisches Englisch). Als Nomen bezeichnet es das Feilschen oder Handeln.
| Front | chaffer \CHAFF-er\ |
|---|---|
| Back | verb 1. To haggle; to bargain. 2. British To exchange small talk; chatter.noun Bargaining or haggling. [In the 1200s, the noun "chaffer" was originally used in the sense of "traffic" or "trade." This noun (also then spelled "chaffere," "cheffere," and "cheapfare") was formed as a combination of "chep," meaning "trade" or "bargaining," and "fare," meaning "journey." The verb "chaffer" appeared in the 1300s and originally meant "to trade, buy, and sell." Later, however, both the verb and the noun took on the senses referring to haggling and barter.] "I chaffered with the king of those people, who was a wise and far-sighted woman, and brought her to understand that it would be much to her advantage to accept from me half the arms and ammunition I had brought with me." - Delia Sherman; The Parwat Ruby; Fantasy & Science Fiction (Cornwall, Connecticut); Jun 1999. |
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