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chaf·fer /ˈʧæfɚ/
講價(vt.)(vi.)講價,討價還價
Chaf·fer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chaffered p. pr. & vb. n. Chaffering.]
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.
Chaf·fer n. Bargaining; merchandise. [Obs.]
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.
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chaffer
v 1: wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's
not haggle over a few dollars" [syn: haggle, higgle,
huckster]
2: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the
men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
[syn: chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate,
confab, chitchat, chatter, natter, gossip, jaw,
claver, visit]