Definition of Chaffering. Meaning of Chaffering. Synonyms of Chaffering

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Definition of Chaffering

Chaffering
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.

Meaning of Chaffering from wikipedia

- answer the questions of purchasers who buy their articles after meticulous chaffering. The poem also describes the musical instruments being used by the musicians...
- looked upon usually as a term of reproach—signifying a shrewd, sharp, chaffering, oily-tongued, soft-sawdering, inquisitive, money-making, money-saving...
- springtime, not aware of daybreak, From all around, just hearing chiff-chaffering birds. During the night were voices of wind and rain, But of the blossoms’...
- as is the rule for the shrouded women of Iran, these farmers' wives chaffered and haggled with the men in the bazar outside the city, transacting business...
- paved way (from Cornish language cons) Chackingthirsty Chacks – ch****s Chafferinghaggling over a bargain Chea chaunter, Cheechonter – stop your chatter...
- characteristic anecdotes of the bookseller's unyielding toryism, of his rebuffs to chaffering customers, and of his unwillingness to supply the London trade. He preferred...