CHAFFER

haggle, higgle, chaffer, huckster

(verb) wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); “Let’s not haggle over a few dollars”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Verb

chaffer (third-person singular simple present chaffers, present participle chaffering, simple past and past participle chaffered)

(intransitive) To haggle or barter.

(transitive) To buy.

To talk much and idly; to chatter.

Synonyms

• bargain

• barter

• haggle

• negotiate

Noun

chaffer

bargaining; merchandise

Etymology 2

Noun

chaffer (plural chaffers)

(agriculture) The upper sieve of a cleaning shoe in a combine harvester, where chaff is removed

Coordinate terms

• blower

• cleaning sieve

Source: Wiktionary

Chaff"er, n.

Definition: One who chaffs.

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.]

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

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.

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition