cheaping

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/ˈt͡ʃiːpɪŋ/

noun

Bargaining, haggling.

OriginOld English ċīeping →
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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of cheap
nouncheaping (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableBargaining, haggling.
  2. obsoleteuncountableA market.
    1 more example

    O Lord, thou biddest in thy gospell to beware of the Pharises, for it is a point of pride contrary to meeknesse. And Lord, thou sayest that they love the first sittings at suppers, and also the principal chaires in churches, and greetings in cheeping, and to bee cleped masters of men. And Lord, thou sayest be yee not cleped masters, for one is your Master, and that is Christ, and all ye be brethren: and clepe ye to you no father upon earth, for one is your Father that is in heauen. O Lord, this is a blessed lesson to teach men to be meeke.

    14-15th c. (Published 1531), The Praier and Complaynte of the Ploweman unto Christe

Origin

  1. Old Englishċīeping
  2. Englishcheaping

From Old English ċīeping.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Chicago

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