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† ˈchapmanry Obs.
[f. as prec. + -ry.]
The employment or dealing of a chapman; mercantile business. (With quot. 1790, cf. chap-money.)
1483Cath. Angl. 58/2 A chapmanry, negociacio. 1691in Archæol. XII. 191 (D.) He is moderate in his prices..which gets him much chapmanry. 1727–31in Bailey, vol. II. 1790 W. Marshall Midl. Counties Gloss. (E.D.S.) Chapmanry, that which is abated, or given again, by the seller, on receiving money of the buyer. |