paltering

English

Verb

paltering

1. Present participle of palter.

Noun

paltering (plural palterings)

1. Prevarication; dishonest bargaining, haggling.
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, 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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