<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>bargaining; haggling.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) to bargain; haggle: to chaffer over a price.</li><li>to bandy words; chatter: to chaffer about nothing in particular.</li><li>(used with object) to bandy (words). Obsolete: to trade or deal in; barter.</li></ul>