chafferings
chafferings is the plural of chaffering.
Meaning of chaffering
Noun
chaffering (countable and uncountable, plural chafferings)
- The act of bargaining or haggling over a price.
- September 9, 1819, Washington Irving, letter to Henry Breevort
You have put my writings into circulation, and arranged the pecuniary concerns in such a way as to save future trouble and petty chafferings about accounts, and to give the whole an independent and gentlemanlike air.
- September 9, 1819, Washington Irving, letter to Henry Breevort
Questions about chafferings
- What is chafferings the plural of?
- Chafferings is the plural of chaffering.
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