Thesaurus results for CHAFFER

chaffer

verb

Definition of chaffer

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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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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The war has dealt another major blow to Iran’s economy, deepening the state of economic crisis the country was already in.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
With a new television rights deal to be brokered by the Premier League within the next two years, the value of its members will likely increase.

— Simon Hughes, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of deal

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The deal was negotiated by Steven Bestwick of The Yellow Affair and Bill Guentzler and RJ Millard on behalf of Obscured Releasing.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026
If the lockout does go through all of 2027, do players not accrue any service time or will that be something that is negotiated/resolved when a deal is ultimately reached?

— Evan Drellich, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of negotiate

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Researchers have built ArabCulture-Dialogue, the first benchmark for testing whether leading AI models can understand and converse in Modern Standard Arabic and 13 national dialects.

— Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026
Hemingway commended Salinger, then a twenty-five-year-old staff sergeant, on his short stories, and the two conversed for hours.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of converse

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The Teamsters have been enthusiastically endorsing the bill specifically because, while 40-something employers would be difficult to collectively bargain against, DSP workers would be much easier to organize once within Amazon.

— Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026
The California Gig Workers Union hopes to begin bargaining by the end of the year, CalMatters reported.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of bargain

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Instead of speaking only about the Beautiful Game, Eason would talk to Diomandé about his mother, who suffers from long-term health issues, and genuinely cared about the person behind the player.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Founded in 2009, the group has bloomed into a small empire—we’re talking nearly 70 of the South’s favorite restaurants, hotels, bars, and cafes, plus another dozen or so in development—with thoughtful intention.

— Colleen McNally Arnett, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2026

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