| 单词 | to chop away |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto chop away 2. transitive. To exchange one thing for another by way of commerce; to barter. to chop away: to barter away; also figurative, to bargain away or let go for unworthy objects or motives. Obsolete or dialect. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > barter > [verb (transitive)] interchangec1374 changea1382 barterc1440 corsec1440 rore1440 truckc1440 coss14.. scorse1509 chafferc1535 to chop and change1549 chop1554 cope1570 excourse1593 swap1594 coupc1610 exchange1614 to trade off1676 rap1699 dicker1864 horse-trade1924 society > trade and finance > barter > [verb (transitive)] > dispose of by barter exchange1483 chaffer1530 to chop away1554 swap1590 truck1686 to barter away1690 1554 H. Latimer Wks. (1845) II. 433 Shall we go about to chop away this good occasion, which God offereth us. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xl. 231 Schoole places..being in the hart of townes might easely be chopt for some field situation. 1623 Bp. J. Hall Best Bargaine 31 Here one chops away the Truth for Feare or Ambition. a1692 T. Shadwell Volunteers (1693) iv. i. 44 Horses that are Jades..may be chopt away, or sold in Smithfield. 1706 London Gaz. No. 4236/4 The same Person has..chopp'd and dispos'd of several Horses. 1880–81 E. Cornwall, Oxford, I. of Wight, (etc.) Gloss. Chop, to barter, to exchange. 1889 N.E.D. at Chop Mod. Kent. dial. He chopped away three old hens for two young ones. < as lemmas |
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