Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chaffering

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chaf-fer-ing
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of bargaining or haggling over a price.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of chaffer

Example Sentences

"September 9, 1819, Washington Irving, letter to Henry Breevort You have put my writings into circulation, and arranged the pecuniary concerns in such a way as to save future trouble and petty chafferings about accounts, and to give the whole an independent and gentlemanlike air."
"He had the practised face of a dealer also. But he was a Jew and chaffering was in his blood, and he said, "A bit stiff, isn't it? I mean without a guarantee that it's by the original maker?""
"The air was all smell – curry-stuff, durian, fish and flesh – and the noise was of hoicking and chaffering."

Usage

Inflected Forms

chafferings (plural)

Questions

What does chaffering mean?: The act of bargaining or haggling over a price.

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