paltering

English

Verb

paltering

present participle and gerund of palter

Noun

paltering (plural palterings)

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

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