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
  • Shop Amazon Cyber Monday deals Best Buy JBL Tune Flex True Wireless Noise Cancelling Earbuds Get a pair of JBL earbuds for 50% off with this early Cyber Week deal at Best Buy.
    Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Right now, retailers like Amazon, Wayfair, Target, and Walmart have kicked off their Cyber Week deals ridiculously early, discounting everything from modular couches to dining room chairs.
    Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of deal
Verb
  • The Oscar-winning actor recently chatted with tennis pro Nick Kyrgios in a teaser of the athlete’s Wednesday, Nov. 20 episode of Good Trouble with Nick Kyrgios.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Once, when the two actors started chatting as themselves between takes, Mangold noted that Chalamet’s Dylan voice was slipping.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2024
Definition of chat
Verb
  • Additionally, 415 hospitals didn't include all payer and plan names in their files, and 231 hospitals didn't post accurate minimum and maximum negotiated charges for items and services.
    Maya Goldman, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
  • In the coming world, machine intelligences navigating conflict and negotiating peace might help clarify, or even surmount, traditional dilemmas.
    Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
Definition of negotiate
Verb
  • Silas Stein/Picture Alliance/dpa/AP/File Hello Barbie – a pioneering doll introduced in 2015 that could converse, sing, and even tell jokes using an earlier version of AI – didn’t last the year.
    Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Nov. 2024
  • To take one example, Michael and his group reported in September (opens a new tab) that training AI debaters to win — and not just to converse, as in the past two studies — further increased the ability of non-expert judges to recognize the truth.
    Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of converse
Verb
  • The employers’ association and the union have been bargaining for more than 18 months to renew their collective agreement that expired in March 2023.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The school, meanwhile, has declined to bargain with its player-employees.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2024
Definition of bargain
Verb
  • Arizona Republic Glendale police arrested two men suspected of following a man who withdrew $50,000 in cash to buy a truck before the money was grabbed from the car while the man was talking with the seller.
    Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
  • In this week's episode of Truly Texan, Doggett talks in-depth about her experience with multiple sclerosis as well as what is was like to be a patient for once.
    Hannah Ortega, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of talk
Verb
  • Vaping remains mired in controversy in the U.S., as e-cigarette companies and federal regulators continue to haggle over the products’ health effects and marketing guardrails.
    Rob Wile, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
  • But the 49ers are probably past the point of haggling over every dollar.
    Tim Kawakami, The Athletic, 16 Aug. 2024
Definition of haggle
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  • And in Times Square, where a dense orchestra of honking horns, idling motors, chattering tourists, and voluble vendors can push sound levels north of 90 decibels, the song’s unmistakable tinny beat and pogoing piano loop manage to cut through the din.
    Max Cea, Curbed, 17 Oct. 2024
  • There had been chatter out there that Holland was circling a new Spider-Man movie.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of chatter
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“Chaffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chaffer. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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