chaffer

verb

Definition of chaffernext
1
as in to deal
to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase in that country you're expected to chaffer with the vendors at the bazaar

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2
as in to chat
British to engage in casual or rambling conversation just a couple of blokes chaffering at the neighborhood pub

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaffer
  1. deal
  2. chat
  3. negotiate
  4. converse
  5. bargain
  6. talk
  7. haggle
  8. chatter
Verb
  • Instead of consolidating Iran’s hegemony, the war has dealt a significant blow to its regional standing.
    Amos Yadlin, Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Chicago could deal its star outfielder to Philadelphia in the coming weeks.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of deal
Verb
  • The bride learned of this change of plans ahead of the first look and immediately asked for a walkie-talkie to chat with Alex.
    Shelby Wax, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The two continued their playful competition, tossing darts and chatting more about the Earthshot Prize and its vision.
    Erin Hill, People.com, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of chat
Verb
  • Forum helps match clients with tutors who fit their needs, handles payments, negotiates rates for each tutor and markets them.
    Emma Whitford, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Thousands of Amazon workers at the company's first-ever unionized warehouse voted to authorize a strike on Friday, claiming the tech giant has refused to recognize the union and negotiate a contract at the New York City facility.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of negotiate
Verb
  • Indeed, one of the things the movies and TV always get wrong is that whenever there’s a scene in a restaurant the characters converse with barely a whisper in the background.
    John Mariani, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • On his journey to figure out how to fix it, T meets vibrant individuals along the way, trying to converse and pick others’ brains to achieve his ultimate goal – to protect all his possessions.
    Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of converse
Verb
  • Driving the news: The judges' appeal, scheduled to go before the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) on Tuesday, seeks to restore their right to bargain for contracts and have a union — a right stripped from them during Trump's first term.
    Russell Contreras, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024
  • That law, known as Act 10, effectively ended the ability of most public employees to bargain for wage increases and other issues, and forced them to pay more for health insurance and retirement benefits.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of bargain
Verb
  • Petra came to talk to Gabriel late in the evening, when she was possessed by fears for her parents.
    Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Officers part of the team talked with Granado, who drove away on Rural Road and headed across the street towards Lamplighter Lane.
    Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of talk
Verb
  • As the Senate haggles over how to fill Trump’s Cabinet, many of his allies are campaigning for the nominations.
    Adriana Gomez Licon, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2024
  • The advocates blast Biden for haggling with the GOP over immigration in order to secure new funding to help Ukraine beat back Russia’s invasion.
    Tim Padgett, Sun Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2024
Definition of haggle
Verb
  • All of this runs counter to the narrative — popular among Washington’s chattering class — that a young and restive crop of Democrats is clamoring to scrap the seniority system that’s guided the party’s committee-selection process for years.
    Mike Lillis, The Hill, 16 Dec. 2024
  • However, the plethora of Monday night cocktail parties were as ever packed and the famous ‘Booze Alley’ was replete with attendees chattering late into the night (and early into the morning).
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of chatter
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