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chaffer
(encz) | chaffer,dohadovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
chaffer
(encz) | chaffer,handrkování n: Zdeněk Brož |
chaffer
(encz) | chaffer,handrkovat se Zdeněk Brož |
chaffer
(encz) | chaffer,smlouvání n: Zdeněk Brož |
chaffer
(encz) | chaffer,smlouvat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Chaffer
(gcide) | Chaffer \Chaff"er\, n.
One who chaffs.
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Chaffer
(gcide) | 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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Chaffer
(gcide) | 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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Chaffer
(gcide) | 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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chaffer
(wn) | 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] |
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chaffer
(encz) | chaffer,dohadovat v: Zdeněk Brožchaffer,handrkování n: Zdeněk Brožchaffer,handrkovat se Zdeněk Brožchaffer,smlouvání n: Zdeněk Brožchaffer,smlouvat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Chaffered
(gcide) | 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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Chafferer
(gcide) | Chafferer \Chaf"fer*er\, n.
One who chaffers; a bargainer.
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Chaffering
(gcide) | 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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Chaffern
(gcide) | Chaffern \Chaf"fern\, n. [See Chafe, v. t.]
A vessel for heating water. [Obs.] --Johnson.
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Chaffery
(gcide) | Chaffery \Chaf"fer*y\, n.
Traffic; bargaining. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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goat chaffer
(gcide) | Goatsucker \Goat"suck`er\, n. (Zool.)
One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to
Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species
(Caprimulgus Europ[ae]us); -- so called from the mistaken
notion that it sucks goats. The European species is also
goat-milker, goat owl, goat chaffer, fern owl, {night
hawk}, nightjar, night churr, churr-owl, gnat hawk,
and dorhawk.
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chaffer
(wn) | 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] |
CHAFFERS
(bouvier) | CHAFFERS. Anciently signified wares and merchandise; hence the word
chaffering, which is yet used for buying and selling, or beating down the
price of an article. The word is used in stat. 3 Ed. III. c. 4.
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