Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Chaffer \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. To treat or dispute about a purchase; to bargain; to
      haggle or higgle; to negotiate.

            To chaffer for preferments with his gold. --Dryden.

   2. To talk much and idly; to chatter. --Trench.