Chaffer
Chaffer , noun
One who chaffs.
Chaffer , noun
[Old English chaffare, cheapfare; Anglo-Saxon ceáp a bargain, price + faru a journey; hence, originally, a going to barain, to market. See Cheap, and Fare.]
Bargaining; merchandise. [Obsolete] — Holished
Chaffer , intransitive verb
[Old English chaffaren, from 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.
2.
To talk much and idly; to chatter. — Trench
Chaffer , transitive verb
1.
To buy or sell; to trade in.
He chaffered chairs in which churchmen were set.
2.
To exchange; to bandy, as words. — Spenser