chaffering
Bargaining over cost
Chaffering is haggling or bargaining, especially over price.
The word is old-fashioned and rarely encountered outside historical or literary contexts: The merchants spent the morning chaffering over bolts of silk.
It suggests back-and-forth negotiation, the give-and-take of marketplace dealing.
Negotiating over price
- barteringExchanging goods directly
- wranglingLengthy, contentious disputing
- quibblingPetty objection-raising
- negotiatingDiscussing to reach agreement
disputing · sparring · arguing · offer · counteroffer · price · discount · concession
Agreement or distribution
- purchaseGoods obtained for payment
- saleExchange for payment
- buyerOne who acquires things
- sellerOne who trades goods
goods · merchandise · exchange · trade · commerce · agreement · settlement · handshake
Open-air merchant district
- stallsDelays or compartments
- vendorsThose who sell goods
- souksArab open-air markets
- marketVenue for trade
shopkeeper · hawker · peddler · merchant · trader · flea-market · booth · marketplace
dickering
Negotiating over price
- barteringExchanging goods directly
- wranglingLengthy, contentious disputing
- quibblingPetty objection-raising
negotiating · disputing · sparring · arguing · offer · counteroffer · price · discount · concession · terms
deal
Agreement or distribution
seller · goods · merchandise · exchange · trade · commerce · agreement · settlement · handshake · transaction
bazaar
Open-air merchant district
market · shopkeeper · hawker · peddler · merchant · trader · flea-market · booth · marketplace · open-air
chafferingset price
Predetermined cost, non-negotiable
sticker price · non-negotiable · price tag · retail price · list price
bargain, haggle, bargaining, chaff, haggling, bargained, bargainer, haggled, haggler