† 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.
| a 1000 Laws Athelstan i. ¶24 (Bosw.) Ðæt nan ceaping ne sy Sunnan daȝum. a 1300 Cursor M. 15419 To þaim þat þe cheping did. 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. viii. xx, Þe house..of chepynges [1535 marchandize]. 1580 Baret Alv. C 403 A setting out to sale to him that will offer most: a prising; a cheaping, licitatio. |
2. Market, a market-place.
| c 1205 Lay. 16682 Samuel nom Agag..& lædde hine a þan cheping. a 1225 Ancr. R. 88 Vrom mulne & from cheping, from smiðe..me tiðinge bringeð. 1385 Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. I. 99 Stondinge ydel in þe cheping to be hired. c 1485 E.E. Misc. (1856) 63 Att churche, at chepyng, or at nale. 1563–87 Foxe A. & M. (1684) I. 460/1 They love..the principal Chaires in Churches, and greetings in cheeping. |
3. Merchandise, ware, goods. rare.
| c 1200 Trin. 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.)
| c 1200 Ormin 16095 Ne birrþ ȝuw nohht mi Faderr hus Till chepinngboþe turrnenn. c 1330 Amis & Amil. 1700 Til thai com to a chepeing toun. 138. Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. I. 317 Sum men clepen it cheping toun. 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) IV. 211 Julius his ymage in þe chepynge place. |