paltering
English
Verb
paltering
- present participle of palter
Noun
paltering (plural palterings)
- Prevarication; dishonest bargaining, haggling.
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: […] Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:, I.40:
- After an houres debating and paltring both parties will goe from their words and oaths for the getting or saving of a shilling […].
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