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  1. 1. n. One who chaffs. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. Bargaining; merchandise. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. To treat or dispute about a purchase; to bargain; to haggle or higgle; to negotiate. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. To talk much and idly; to chatter. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. t. To buy or sell; to trade in. Source: opted
  6. 6. v. t. To exchange; to bandy, as words. Source: opted
  7. 7. v. wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.) Source: wordnet
  8. 8. v. talk socially without exchanging too much information Source: wordnet
  9. 9. One who chaffs. Bargaining; merchandise. [Obs.] Holished. 1. To treat or dispute about a purchase; to bargain; to haggle or higgle; to negotiate. To chaffer for preferments with his gold. Dryden. 2. To talk much and idly; to chatter. Trench. 1. To buy or sell; to trade in. He chaffered chairs in which churchmen were set. Spenser. 2. To exchange; to bandy, as words. Spenser. Source: webster
  10. 10. v wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.) v talk socially without exchanging too much information Source: ecdict

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