CHAFFER (3)

Chaf″fer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chaffered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chaffering.] [[OE. chaffaren, fr. chaffare, chapfare, cheapfare, a bargaining. See Chaffer, n.]] 1. 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. 2. To talk much and idly; to chatter. Trench.