paltering

English

Verb

paltering

1. present participle and gerund of palter

Noun

paltering (plural palterings)

1. Prevarication; dishonest bargaining, haggling.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 40, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

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

Anagrams

• prelating, replating