Paltering

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Prevarication; dishonest bargaining, haggling.

    "After an houres debating and paltring both parties will goe from their words and oaths for the getting or saving of a shilling[…]."

  2. 2
    a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of palter form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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bickeringcaptiouschicanerydodgingequivocationevasion

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"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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