paltering

Prevarication; dishonest bargaining, haggling.

Noun

  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[…]. - 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 40, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book...

Forms

palterings

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of palter