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chaffer
chaff·er 1 C0223850 (chăf′ər)n. One who engages in banter or good-natured teasing.
chaf·fer 2 C0223850 (chăf′ər)intr.v. chaf·fered, chaf·fer·ing, chaf·fers To bargain or haggle.n. Archaic A bargaining or haggling.
[Middle English chaffaren, to haggle, from chaffare, cheapfare, bargaining : chep, purchase; see cheap + fare, journey, business (from Old English faru, from faran, to travel; see fare).]
chaf′fer·er n.chaffer (ˈtʃæfə) vb1. (intr) to haggle or bargain2. to chatter, talk, or say idly; bandy (words)3. (tr) obsolete to deal in; barternhaggling or bargaining[C13 chaffare, from chep bargain + fare journey; see cheap, fare] ˈchafferer nchaf•fer1 (ˈtʃæf ər)
v.i. 1. to bargain; haggle: to chaffer over a price. 2. to bandy words; chatter. v.t. 3. to trade; barter. [1175–1225; Middle English chaffare, derivative of chapfare trading journey = Old English cēap trade (see cheap) + faru journey; see fare] chaff′er•er, n. chaf•fer2 (ˈtʃæf ər)
n. a person who chaffs or banters. [1850–55] chaffer
Past participle: chaffered
Gerund: chaffering
| Present |
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| I chaffer | | you chaffer | | he/she/it chaffers | | we chaffer | | you chaffer | | they chaffer |
| Preterite |
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| I chaffered | | you chaffered | | he/she/it chaffered | | we chaffered | | you chaffered | | they chaffered |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am chaffering | | you are chaffering | | he/she/it is chaffering | | we are chaffering | | you are chaffering | | they are chaffering |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have chaffered | | you have chaffered | | he/she/it has chaffered | | we have chaffered | | you have chaffered | | they have chaffered |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was chaffering | | you were chaffering | | he/she/it was chaffering | | we were chaffering | | you were chaffering | | they were chaffering |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had chaffered | | you had chaffered | | he/she/it had chaffered | | we had chaffered | | you had chaffered | | they had chaffered |
| Future |
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| I will chaffer | | you will chaffer | | he/she/it will chaffer | | we will chaffer | | you will chaffer | | they will chaffer |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have chaffered | | you will have chaffered | | he/she/it will have chaffered | | we will have chaffered | | you will have chaffered | | they will have chaffered |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be chaffering | | you will be chaffering | | he/she/it will be chaffering | | we will be chaffering | | you will be chaffering | | they will be chaffering |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been chaffering | | you have been chaffering | | he/she/it has been chaffering | | we have been chaffering | | you have been chaffering | | they have been chaffering |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been chaffering | | you will have been chaffering | | he/she/it will have been chaffering | | we will have been chaffering | | you will have been chaffering | | they will have been chaffering |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been chaffering | | you had been chaffering | | he/she/it had been chaffering | | we had been chaffering | | you had been chaffering | | they had been chaffering |
| Conditional |
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| I would chaffer | | you would chaffer | | he/she/it would chaffer | | we would chaffer | | you would chaffer | | they would chaffer |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have chaffered | | you would have chaffered | | he/she/it would have chaffered | | we would have chaffered | | you would have chaffered | | they would have chaffered |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | chaffer - wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's not haggle over a few dollars"haggle, higgle, hucksterbargain down, beat down - persuade the seller to accept a lower price; "She beat the merchant down $100"bargain, dicker - negotiate the terms of an exchange; "We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar" | | 2. |  chaffer - talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"chew the fat, chitchat, chit-chat, claver, confab, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, gossip, chatter, visitconverse, discourse - carry on a conversationjawbone, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze - talk idly or casually and in a friendly way |
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Synonyms for chafferverb wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)SynonymsRelated Words- bargain down
- beat down
- bargain
- dicker
verb talk socially without exchanging too much informationSynonyms- chew the fat
- chitchat
- chit-chat
- claver
- confab
- jaw
- natter
- shoot the breeze
- chat
- confabulate
- gossip
- chatter
- visit
Related Words- converse
- discourse
- jawbone
- schmoose
- schmooze
- shmoose
- shmooze
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