chaffer

n.
One who engages in banter or good-natured teasing.


chaf·fer² (chăf'ər)

v., -fered, -fer·ing, -fers.

v.intr.

1. To bargain or haggle.
2. Chiefly British. To bandy words; engage in small talk.

v.tr.
To bargain or haggle for.

n.
Archaic. A bargaining or haggling.

[Middle English chaffaren, to haggle, from chaffare, cheapfare, bargaining : chep, purchase; see cheap + fare, journey, business (from Old English faru , from faran, to travel; see fare).]

chafferer chaf'fer·er n.

(CHAF-uhr)
verb tr., intr.
1. To haggle; to bargain.
2. To bandy words; to chatter.

noun
Bargaining or haggling.

Etymology
From Middle English chaffare, eventually from Old English ceap (trade, purchase), precursor of English cheap + faru (journey)

Usage
"I chaffered with the king of those people, who was a wise and far-sighted woman, and brought her to understand that it would be much to her advantage to accept from me half the arms and ammunition I had brought with me." — Delia Sherman; The Parwat Ruby; Fantasy & Science Fiction (Cornwall, Connecticut); Jun 1999.

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haggle; barter; Brit.  chatter

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)
  Synonyms: haggle, higgle, huckster

Meaning #2: chew the fat; shoot the breeze
  Synonyms: chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chatter, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - emtesold

2.
v. intr. - prutte om prisen, snakke, sludre
v. tr. - købslå, tinge
n. - prutten om prisen

Nederlands (Dutch)
afdingen

Français (French)
1.
n. - achat/vente, commerce, négoce

2.
v. intr. - se chamailler, marchander
v. tr. - marchander
n. - marchandage

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Händler, Feilscher

2.
v. - feilschen, handeln
n. - Feilschen, Handeln

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - διαπραγματεύομαι, παζαρεύω
n. - διαπραγμάτευση, παζάρεμα

Italiano (Italian)
mercanteggiare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - negociar, trocar ironias ou sarcasmos
n. - regateio (m)

Русский (Russian)
торговаться, трепаться

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - regateo

2.
v. intr. - hacer regateos
v. tr. - regatear
n. - regateo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - köpslå
n. - köpslående

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 揶揄者, 戏弄者

2. 讨价还价, 对...讨价还价, 讲价, 谈生意

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. intr. - 討價還價
v. tr. - 對...討價還價
n. - 講價, 談生意

2.
n. - 揶揄者, 戲弄者

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 놀리는 사람

2.
v. intr. - 흥정하다, 잡담하다
v. tr. - 흥정하다, 잡담하다
n. - 흥정

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 値段の掛け合い
v. - 値切る, 掛け合う, 雑談する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتعامل حول شرا شي ما (الاسم) تعامل حول سعر شي ما‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮התמקחות‬
v. intr. - ‮החליף מלים עם, התמקח, פטפט‬
v. tr. - ‮החליף מלים עם‬
n. - ‮מתמקח‬

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