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chaffer
chaff·er 1 C0223850 (chăf′ər)n. One who engages in banter or good-natured teasing.
chaf·fer 2 C0223850 (chăf′ər)intr.v. chaf·fered, chaf·fer·ing, chaf·fers To bargain or haggle.n. Archaic A bargaining or haggling. [Middle English chaffaren, to haggle, from chaffare, cheapfare, bargaining : chep, purchase; see cheap + fare, journey, business (from Old English faru, from faran, to travel; see fare).] chaf′fer·er n.chaffer (ˈtʃæfə) vb1. (intr) to haggle or bargain2. to chatter, talk, or say idly; bandy (words)3. (tr) obsolete to deal in; barternhaggling or bargaining[C13 chaffare, from chep bargain + fare journey; see cheap, fare] ˈchafferer nchaf•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 English chaffare, derivative of chapfare trading journey = Old English cēap trade (see cheap) + faru journey; see fare] chaff′er•er, n. chaf•fer2 (ˈtʃæf ər) n. a person who chaffs or banters. [1850–55] chaffer Past participle: chaffered Gerund: chaffering
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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 | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | chaffer - wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's not haggle over a few dollars"haggle, higgle, hucksterbargain down, beat down - persuade the seller to accept a lower price; "She beat the merchant down $100"bargain, dicker - negotiate the terms of an exchange; "We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar" | | 2. | chaffer - talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"chew the fat, chitchat, chit-chat, claver, confab, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, gossip, chatter, visitconverse, discourse - carry on a conversationjawbone, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze - talk idly or casually and in a friendly way | TranslationsEncyclopediaSeechaffLegalSeeChafferschaffer
Synonyms for chafferverb wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)SynonymsRelated Words- bargain down
- beat down
- bargain
- dicker
verb talk socially without exchanging too much informationSynonyms- chew the fat
- chitchat
- chit-chat
- claver
- confab
- jaw
- natter
- shoot the breeze
- chat
- confabulate
- gossip
- chatter
- visit
Related Words- converse
- discourse
- jawbone
- schmoose
- schmooze
- shmoose
- shmooze
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