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. palter
  8. prate
Verb
  • Goldin signs deal As expected, center Vlad Goldin signed the two-way offer made two weeks ago.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
  • He’s been dealt the difficult hand of overseeing a roster overhaul and the team’s temporary relocation to West Sacramento expected to run through next season, with his pitching staff struggling to be effective in the band-box of Sutter Health Park.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
Definition of deal
Verb
  • The keyboard also offers features like voice-to-chat dictation and a quick mic mute/unmute key, giving you easier access to functionality.
    — George Yang, PC Magazine, 13 July 2026
  • Princess Charlotte and Princess Kate sat next to each other, chatting and laughing throughout the match.
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 12 July 2026
Definition of chat
Verb
  • Although Chism is on administrative leave, the deals she’s participated in negotiating on behalf of Wyandotte County will remain ongoing in her absence, the Unified Government told The Star after her arrest.
    — Sofi Zeman July 15, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026
  • Mendieta is best known for work that interweaves sadness with violence, drawing on her experiences of exile and her feminist politics to negotiate the transient fragility of life.
    — Eliza Goodpasture, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of negotiate
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  • The series will feature Questlove and three guests playing a variety of games from Uno to Jenga to original Questlove creations, all while conversing about their lives and careers.
    — Mya Copeland, Variety, 2 July 2026
  • The bank hopes to train the AI to eventually converse in Mandarin, Bahasa Indonesia, and Bahasa Melayu.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 1 July 2026
Definition of converse
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  • No deployment date has been set for Hyundai’s Korean plants at all, so the union is bargaining pre-emptively, trying to lock in protections before the humanoid robots show up rather than after.
    — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • The union that represents many of Cottonwood’s employees — the National Union of Healthcare Workers — was informed Monday night, and will bargain with the facility over the terms of the closure, spokesperson Matthew Artz said in an email.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of bargain
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  • Never mind that Canales doesn’t speak Spanish himself — the way that Telemundo announcers start talking faster as the action on the pitch intensifies is its own kind of language.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
  • Now’s the time for the Party to think about it—potential pairings have a little time to court one another—and to start talking themselves into the idea that this could be rewarding and even kind of fun.
    — Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 16 July 2026
Definition of talk
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  • Another subtype is paltering, where the models use a selective true statement to mislead the human.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 12 Aug. 2025
Definition of palter
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  • Erinys doesn't prate about democracy or social betterment but simply guards oil pipelines.
    — Bruce Sterling, WIRED, 1 July 2004
Definition of prate
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“Chaffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chaffer. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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