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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
chaffer
    v 1: wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's
         not haggle over a few dollars" [syn: haggle, higgle,
         chaffer, huckster]
    2: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the
       men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" [syn:
       chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate,
       confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer,
       natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Chaffer \Chaff"er\, n.
   One who chaffs.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Chaffer \Chaf"fer\, n. [OE. chaffare, cheapfare; AS. ce['a]p a
   bargain, price + faru a journey; hence, originally, a going
   to barain, to market. See Cheap, and Fare.]
   Bargaining; merchandise. [Obs.] --Holished.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Chaffer \Chaf"fer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chaffered; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Chaffering.] [OE. chaffaren, fr. chaffare, chapfare,
   cheapfare, a bargaining. See Chaffer, n.]
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   1. To treat or dispute about a purchase; to bargain; to
      haggle or higgle; to negotiate.
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            To chaffer for preferments with his gold. --Dryden.
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   2. To talk much and idly; to chatter. --Trench.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Chaffer \Chaf"fer\, v. t.
   1. To buy or sell; to trade in.
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            He chaffered chairs in which churchmen were set.
                                                  --Spenser.
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   2. To exchange; to bandy, as words. --Spenser.
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