chafferとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Middle English chapfare (“bargain, trade”, noun), equivalent to cheap + fare.

動詞

chaffer (三人称単数 現在形 chaffers, 現在分詞 chaffering, 過去形および過去分詞形 chaffered)

1. (intransitive) To haggle or barter.
   • 1700, [John] Dryden, “The Character of a Good Parson; Imitated from Chaucer, and Inlarg’d”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 228732415:

     To chaffer for preferment with his gold.

   • 1866, “Mr. Dod's Six Shots”, in Harper's Magazine‎^[1], volume 32, page 208:

     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.

   • 1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked:

     But the people looked much like Caleb’s own. They wore dirty robes, chaffered at fruit stalls, spat, scratched.

2. (transitive) To buy.
3. To talk much and idly; to chatter.

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同意語

• bargain
• barter
• haggle
• negotiate

名詞

chaffer

1. bargaining; merchandise

語源 2

From chaff +‎ -er

名詞

chaffer (複数形 chaffers)

1. (agriculture) The upper sieve of a cleaning shoe in a combine harvester, where chaff is removed
   • 2003, William W. Casady, “Grain Harvesting Systems”, in Dennis R. Heldman, editor, Encyclopedia of Agricultural, Food, and Biological Engineering‎^[2], page 449:

     A fan blows air through the chaffer to remove lightweight material known as chaff.

等位語

• blower
• cleaning sieve