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Buy vs Chaffer - What's the difference?

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In lang=en terms the difference between buy and chaffer

is that buy is to make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a meal) while chaffer is to haggle or barter.

As verbs the difference between buy and chaffer

is that buy is to obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods while chaffer is to haggle or barter.

As nouns the difference between buy and chaffer

is that buy is something which is bought; a purchase while chaffer is bargaining; merchandise or chaffer can be (agriculture) the upper sieve of a cleaning shoe in a combine harvester, where chaff is removed.

buy

English

Verb

  • To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods
  • * Benjamin Franklin
    • Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou wilt sell thy necessaries.
  • To obtain by some sacrifice.
  • * Bible, Proverbs xxiii. 23
    • Buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
  • To bribe.
  • To be equivalent to in value.
  • (informal) to accept as true; to believe
  • To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a meal)
  • (poker slang) To make a bluff, usually a large one.

    • Synonyms

    * purchase * (accept as true) accept, believe, swallow (informal), take on * make a buy

    Antonyms

    * sell, vend * (accept as true) disbelieve, reject, pitch

    Derived terms

    * bring-and-buy * buyable * buyer * buy back * buy into * buy it * buy to let * buy off * buy out * buy someone off * buy someone out * buy straw hats in winter * buy the farm * buy time * buy up * can I buy you a drink * impulse buy * money can't buy happiness * outbuy * rebuy

    Related terms

    * aby

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something which is bought; a purchase.

    • Antonyms

    * sale

    Derived terms

    * buydown * buyout * impulse buy

    References

    * * English irregular verbs English verbs with two objects 1000 English basic words

    chaffer

    English

    Etymology 1

    From cheap fare .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To haggle or barter.
  • * Dryden
    • To chaffer for preferments with his gold.
  • * 1985 , , Kingdom of the Wicked :
    • But the people looked much like Caleb’s own. They wore dirty robes, chaffered at fruit stalls, spat, scratched.
  • To talk much and idly; to chatter.
    • (Trench)
    Synonyms
    * bargain * barter * haggle * negotiate

    Noun

  • Bargaining; merchandise.
    • (Holished)

    Etymology 2

    From

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (agriculture) The upper sieve of a cleaning shoe in a combine harvester, where chaff is removed
  • * {{quote-book, 2003, William W. Casady, chapter=Grain Harvesting Systems, editor=Dennis R. Heldman, Encyclopedia of Agricultural, Food, and Biological Engineering citation
    • , passage=A fan blows air through the chaffer to remove lightweight material known as chaff.}}
    Coordinate terms
    * blower * cleaning sieve