chaffer

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈtʃæfə/
• (America) enPR: chăfʹər, IPA: /ˈtʃæfɚ/

Verb

chaffer (chaffers, present participle chaffering; past and past participle chaffered)

1. (intransitive) To haggle or barter.

   • To chaffer for preferments with his gold.

   • 1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked:

     But the people looked much like Caleb’s own. They wore dirty robes, chaffered at fruit stalls, spat, scratched.

2. (transitive) To buy.
3. To talk much and idly; to chatter.

Synonyms

• bargain
• barter
• haggle
• negotiate

Noun

chaffer

1. bargaining; merchandise

Noun

chaffer (plural chaffers)

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

Translations

• German: Obersieb

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