单词 | chaffering |
释义 | chafferingn. 1. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > [noun] mongingOE cheapinga1000 cheapOE chaffer?c1225 merchandisea1300 market-making1340 merchandyc1350 corseriec1380 chafferinga1382 need-doinga1382 changea1387 chapmanhoodc1386 cossery?a1400 bargaining1401 merchandisinga1425 merchandrya1450 intercourse1473 business1478 chapmanry1483 the feat of merchandisec1503 market1525 trade1549 marting1553 contractation1555 trading1556 merchantryc1560 marketing1561 mart1562 trafficking1570 contraction1582 tract1582 nundination1586 commerce1587 chafferya1599 negotiation1601 intertraffica1603 traffic1603 commercery1604 intertrading1606 correspondence1607 mercature1611 correspondency1613 coss?1635 negotiating1640 dealing1691 chapmanship1727 merchanting1883 intertrade1915 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. iii. 14 Betere is the purchasing of it than the chaffering [a1425 L.V. marchaundie] of gold and siluer. c1450 T. Wimbledon Serm. (Hatton) 4 (MED) If þu art a marschaunt, disceyue not þi broþir in chaffaryng. b. The action of bargaining or haggling over a price. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun] > terms of agreement > negotiating or making terms bargain1330 treatyc1405 overture1427 chafferingc1449 treatingc1450 entreat1485 patising1530 practice1540 articulating1562 capitulation1569 entreatance1574 tractation1600 interdealing1611 negotiation1614 tractate1618 haggling1632 traffickinga1649 bargaining1669 conditioning1680 transacting1686 higgling1700 stipulation1792 treatment1828 haggle1829 coming to terms1843 society > trade and finance > bargaining > [noun] koffry1488 hucking1551 coping1595 haggling1632 hucksterage1641 huckstering1647 huckstery1662 bargaining1669 higgling1700 chaffering1794 badgering1800 dickering1802 tig-tagging1825 haggle1829 chaffer1851 bargain-driving1902 wheeling and dealing1969 c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 16 In mennis bargenyngis and cheffaringis to gidere. 1794 W. Godwin Caleb Williams III. vii. 126 After some chaffering, they agreed to accept eleven guineas. 1994 Guardian 14 June ii. 15/3 The price in 1967, reached after much chaffering through the aid of a mediator, was £1,600. 2005 E. Morgan Play of Gilgamesh iv. ii. 68 May your chaffering fall on deaf ears. 2. In extended use. ΚΠ c1430 N. Love Mirror Blessed Life (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 155 Ȝif we..medle vs ouer nede with worldely occupaciouns and chafferynges..we mowe..drede the indignacioun of Jesu. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) l. 21119 (MED) My soule I gaff hym [sc. Sathan]..And forsook, by chaffaryng, The werkys off the myghty kyng. b. The action of discussing terms, negotiating, or arguing; an instance of this. Now rare. ΚΠ 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie lxxv. 463 If we fall to such Chaffering with him [sc. God]. 1597 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 1st 3 Bks. ii. v. 39 A thousand Patrons..bring Their new-falne Churches to the Chaffering. 1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) I. vi. 299 Now began a series of sharp chafferings on both sides. 1944 Economist 29 July 138/1 The determination of the quotas resembled the process of political chaffering more than an objective attempt to achieve equity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022). chafferingadj. That chaffers. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > [adjective] chaffering1483 merchantlike1566 merchantablea1603 emporial1604 merchandising1616 mercantile1638 mercatorian1648 mercatory1654 mercatorial1662 commercial1757 tradal1846 tradey1855 mercantilist1881 mercantilistic1883 the mind > language > speech > agreement > [adjective] > relating to negotiation > negotiating in terms1567 on (also upon) terms1567 haggling1589 higgling1678 in —— terms1851 chaffering1856 society > trade and finance > bargaining > [adjective] hucking1551 huckstering1593 higgling1678 brokering1687 chaffering1870 1483 General Sentence in Festival (1532) Al maner of marchaundyse of chaffryng men and of men of craft. 1592 W. Wyrley Capitall de Buz in True Vse Armorie 114 Chaffering townsmen. 1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh i. 35 Near all the birds Will sing at dawn,—and yet we do not take The chaffering swallow for the holy lark. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise I. i. 117 In the market-place He stood and saw the chaffering folk go by. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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