Chaffers
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
A word used in the English statute 3 Edw. IV. c. 4, and supposed to mean wares or merchandize.
Cowell. Blount.
Cowell says, "we yet use chaffering for buying and selling." In modern parlance the latter word rather denotes a bargaining, or negotiating the terms of a bargain.
Webster.