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单词 chaffering
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chafferingn.

Brit. /ˈtʃaf(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈtʃæf(ə)rɪŋ/
Forms: see chaffer v. and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: chaffer v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < chaffer v. + -ing suffix1.
1.
a. The action of buying and selling; trading or dealing in goods. Obsolete.Also in church-chaffering n. at church n.1 and adj. Compounds 2.
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.
a. Engagement in any activity for gain; (in plural) affairs or dealings, esp. of a worldly as opposed to a spiritual nature. Obsolete.
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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.

Etymology: Formed as chaffer v. + -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈchaffering.
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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