Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to chaffer
Participle: chaffered
Gerund: chaffering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | chaffer |
| you | chaffer |
| he;she;it | chaffers |
| we | chaffer |
| you | chaffer |
| they | chaffer |
Perfect
| I | have chaffered |
| you | have chaffered |
| he;she;it | has chaffered |
| we | have chaffered |
| you | have chaffered |
| they | have chaffered |
Past
| I | chaffered |
| you | chaffered |
| he;she;it | chaffered |
| we | chaffered |
| you | chaffered |
| they | chaffered |
Pluperfect
| I | had chaffered |
| you | had chaffered |
| he;she;it | had chaffered |
| we | had chaffered |
| you | had chaffered |
| they | had chaffered |
Future
| I | will chaffer |
| you | will chaffer |
| he;she;it | will chaffer |
| we | will chaffer |
| you | will chaffer |
| they | will chaffer |
Future Perfect
| I | will have chaffered |
| you | will have chaffered |
| he;she;it | will have chaffered |
| we | will have chaffered |
| you | will have chaffered |
| they | will have chaffered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | chaffer |
| you | chaffer |
| he;she;it | chaffer |
| we | chaffer |
| you | chaffer |
| they | chaffer |
Perfect
| I | have chaffered |
| you | have chaffered |
| he;she;it | have chaffered |
| we | have chaffered |
| you | have chaffered |
| they | have chaffered |
Imperfect
| I | chaffered |
| you | chaffered |
| he;she;it | chaffered |
| we | chaffered |
| you | chaffered |
| they | chaffered |
Pluperfect
| I | had chaffered |
| you | had chaffered |
| he;she;it | had chaffered |
| we | had chaffered |
| you | had chaffered |
| they | had chaffered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would chaffer |
| you | would chaffer |
| he;she;it | would chaffer |
| we | would chaffer |
| you | would chaffer |
| they | would chaffer |
Perfect
| I | would have chaffered |
| you | would have chaffered |
| he;she;it | would have chaffered |
| we | would have chaffered |
| you | would have chaffered |
| they | would have chaffered |
Imperative
| you | chaffer |
| we | Let's chaffer |
| you | chaffer |
Verbs conjugated like 'chaffer'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'chaffer'
chamfer,
chauffer,
chafe,
chafen,
chaff,
chamber,
chapter,
charper,
charter,
chatter,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English chaffare (“a bargain, a trade”, noun), equivalent to cheap + fare.
Sample Sentences
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To chaffer for preferment with his gold. [1700, [John] Dryden, “The Character of a Good Parson; Imitated from Chaucer, and Inlarg’d”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:]
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Walter declined the invitation, precisely because he wanted a dinner. He was, also, conscious that he had made a very bad bargain; but how could he chaffer and dispute about things so precious as the contents of those pages which were the very outpourings of his heart? [1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Alteration”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 25:]
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While he is at the front end selling calico to some wearisome old lady, sunbonneted and chaffering, a mischievous boy is very apt to be pocketing lumps of sugar for profit, or starting the faucet of a molasses barrel for fun at the other. [1866, “Mr. Dod's Six Shots”, in Harper's Magazine, volume 32, page 208:]
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But the people looked much like Caleb’s own. They wore dirty robes, chaffered at fruit stalls, spat, scratched. [1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked:]
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The Dartie within him made him chaffer for five minutes with young Padwick concerning the favourite for the Cambridgeshire. [1922, John Galsworthy, The Forsyte Saga:]