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Webster 1913 Edition

Chaffer

Chaff′er

,
Noun.
One who chaffs.

Chaf′fer

,
Noun.
[OE.
chaffare
,
cheapfare
; AS.
ceáp
a bargain, price +
faru
a journey; hence, originally, a going to barain, to market. See
Cheap
, and
Fare
.]
Bargaining; merchandise.
[Obs.]
Holished.

Chaf′fer

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Chaffered
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Chaffering
.]
[OE.
chaffaren
, fr.
chaffare
,
chapfare
,
cheapfare
, a bargaining. See
Chaffer
,
Noun.
]
1.
To treat or dispute about a purchase; to bargain; to haggle or higgle; to negotiate.
To
chaffer
for preferments with his gold.
Dryden.
2.
To talk much and idly; to chatter.
Trench.

Chaf′fer

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To buy or sell; to trade in.
He
chaffered
chairs in which churchmen were set.
Spenser.
2.
To exchange; to bandy, as words.
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition

Chaffer

CHAFFER

,
Verb.
I.
To treat about a purchase; to bargain; to haggle; to negotiate; to chop and change; as, to chaffer for preferments.

CHAFFER

,
Verb.
T.
To buy; to exchange.

CHAFFER

,
Noun.
One who chaffers; a bargainer; a buyer.

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