Definition for CHAF'FER

CHAF'FER, v.i. [Sax. ceapian; D. koopen; G. kaufen; Sw. kåpa; Dan. kiöber, to bargain or buy. It seems to be radically the same word as cheap, cheapen, and chap in chapman. See Cheap.]

To treat about a purchase; to bargain; to haggle; to negotiate; to chop and change; as, to chaffer for preferments. – Dryden.

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