chaffer
pronunciation
How to pronounce chaffer in British English:
UK ['tʃæfə]
How to pronounce chaffer in American English:
US ['tʃæfə]
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- Verb:
- wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)
- talk socially without exchanging too much information
Word Origin
- chaffer (n.)
- "a bargain," early 13c., cheffare "buying and selling," also (14c.) cheapfare, probably from Old English ceap "bargain, traffic, gain, sale" (see cheap) + faru "faring, going" (see fare (n.)). In later use, "haggling." The verb is recorded from mid-14c.
Example
- 1. Soames checked his instinctive " not particular " -- he would not chaffer with this alien .