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† ˈcheaping, vbl. n. Obs.
Forms: 1 céaping, -ung, céping, -inc, 3–6 cheping(e, (4 sheping, 4–5 chepyng(e, chepeing), 6 cheaping, cheeping.
[f. cheap v. + -ing1.]
1. Bargaining; buying and selling, marketing, mercantile dealing.
a1000Laws Athelstan i. ⁋24 (Bosw.) Ðæt nan ceaping ne sy Sunnan daȝum. a1300Cursor M. 15419 To þaim þat þe cheping did. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. viii. xx, Þe house..of chepynges [1535 marchandize]. 1580Baret Alv. C 403 A setting out to sale to him that will offer most: a prising; a cheaping, licitatio.
2. Market, a market-place.
c1205Lay. 16682 Samuel nom Agag..& lædde hine a þan cheping. a1225Ancr. R. 88 Vrom mulne & from cheping, from smiðe..me tiðinge bringeð. 1385Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. I. 99 Stondinge ydel in þe cheping to be hired. c1485E.E. Misc. (1856) 63 Att churche, at chepyng, or at nale. 1563–87Foxe A. & M. (1684) I. 460/1 They love..the principal Chaires in Churches, and greetings in cheeping.
3. Merchandise, ware, goods. rare.
c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 213 Gif hit chepinge be þe me shule meten oðer weien.
4. Comb., as cheaping-booth, cheaping-place, cheaping-town. Also in proper names of English towns, as Chipping Barnet, Chipping Norton, Chipping Ongar, etc. (Cf. Market Drayton.)
c1200Ormin 16095 Ne birrþ ȝuw nohht mi Faderr hus Till chepinngboþe turrnenn. c1330Amis & Amil. 1700 Til thai com to a chepeing toun. 138.Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. I. 317 Sum men clepen it cheping toun. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) IV. 211 Julius his ymage in þe chepynge place. |
单词 cheapild 释义 † cheapild Obs. rare—1.[f. cheap n. + -hild.]A female trafficker.a122......