chaffare

From Old English *ċēapfaru; equivalent to chep +‎ fare. Compare Old Norse kaupfǫr.

• caffare, chaffar, chaffer, chaffre, chafir, chafyr, chefare, cheffare, schaffare
• chapfare, chapvare, cheapfare (Kent)
• chaffere, cheaffeare, cheaffere (Early Middle English)

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃafaːr(ə)/, /ˈt͡ʃɛfaːr(ə)/
• (reduced) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃafər(ə)/

chaffare

1. Commercial or mercantile activity; trading.
2. A transaction or trade; the act of exchanging.
3. Goods offered for sale; product.
4. (figurative) A desirable quality or attribute in an individual.
5. (rare) Business, behaviour.

• chaffaren

• English: chaffer (obsolete)

• “rein, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

chaffare

1. alternative form of chaffaren