Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
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
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