English-Thai Dictionary

chaffer

VI พูดเรื่อยเปื่อย  พูด ไม่ หยุด  phud-rueai-peai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CHAFFER

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

 

CHAFFER

v.t.To buy; to exchange.

 

CHAFFER

n.One who chaffers; a bargainer; a buyer.

 

CHAFFERN

n.A vessel for heating water.

 

CHAFFERY

n.Trafick; buying and selling.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CHAFFER

CHAFFER Chaff "er, n.

 

Defn: One who chaffs.

 

CHAFFER

Chaf "fer, n. Etym: [OE. chaffare, cheapfare; AS. ceáp a bargain, price + faru a journey; hence, originally, a going to barain, to market. See Cheap, and Fare. ]

 

Defn: Bargaining; merchandise. [Obs. ] Holished.

 

CHAFFER

Chaf "fer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chaffered; p. pr. & vb. n. Chaffering.]Etym: [OE. chaffaren, fr. chaffare, chapfare, cheapfare, a bargaining. See Chaffer, n.]

 

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.

 

CHAFFER

CHAFFER Chaf "fer, v. 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.

 

CHAFFERER

CHAFFERER Chaf "fer *er, n.

 

Defn: One who chaffers; a bargainer.

 

CHAFFERN

Chaf "fern, n. Etym: [See Chafe, v. t.]

 

Defn: A vessel for heating water. [Obs. ] Johnson.

 

CHAFFERY

CHAFFERY Chaf "fer *y, n.

 

Defn: Traffic; bargaining. [Obs. ] Spenser.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

chaffer

chaf fer |ˈCHafər ˈtʃæfər | ▶verb [ no obj. ] haggle about the terms of an agreement or price of something. ▶noun archaic haggling about the price of something. DERIVATIVES chaff er er noun ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘trade or trading ’): from Old English cēap ‘a bargain ’ + faru ‘journey ’; probably influenced by Old Norse kaupfǫr.

 

Oxford Dictionary

chaffer

chaffer |ˈtʃafə | ▶verb [ no obj. ] haggle about the terms of an agreement or price of something. ▶noun [ mass noun ] archaic haggling about the price of something. DERIVATIVES chafferer noun ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘trade or trading ’): from Old English cēap ‘a bargain ’ + faru ‘journey ’; probably influenced by Old Norse kaupfǫr.