† chapmanryn.
Obsolete.
The employment or dealing of a chapman; mercantile business. (With quot. 1790, cf. chap-money n.)
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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
1483 Cath. Angl. 58/2 A chapmanry, negociacio.
1691 in Archæol. XII. 191 He is moderate in his prices..which gets him much chapmanry.
1727–31 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II.
1790 W. Marshall Agric. Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Midland Counties II. 434 Chapmanry, that which is abated, or given again, by the seller, on receiving money of the buyer.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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