palter

(pôl'tər)
intr.v., -tered, -ter·ing, -ters.

1. To talk or act insincerely or misleadingly; equivocate. See synonyms at lie².
2. To be capricious; trifle.
3. To quibble, especially in bargaining.

[Origin unknown.]

palterer pal'ter·er n.

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verb

1. To stray from truthfulness or sincerity: equivocate, prevaricate, shuffle. See true/false.
2. To argue about the terms, as of a sale: bargain, dicker, haggle, higgle, huckster, negotiate. See agree/disagree.

[origin unknown]  /POL ter/
1) to act insincerely or deceitfully: equivocate  2) now rare  to haggle, chaffer
hence, paltering

For a list of words related to palter, see:

• Fraud, Treachery, and Deception - palter: (vb) haggle, equivocate, or act deceitfully

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See words rhyming with "palter."

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - bruge kneb, komme med udflugter

Nederlands (Dutch)
eromheen praten, afpingelen

Français (French)
v. intr. - user d'équivoques, s'amuser, s'occuper à des futilités, marchander

Deutsch (German)
v. - unehrlich handeln

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - φέρομαι με ανειλικρίνεια, υπεκφεύγω (κν. τα μασάω, τα στρίβω)

Italiano (Italian)
tergiversare, cavillare, equivocare, essere sleale, contrattare, mercanteggiare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - fingir, barganhar

Русский (Russian)
хитрить, подтасовывать

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - tergiversar, no tomar en serio, regatear

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - huttla, komma med undanflykter, pruta, krångla

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
敷衍, 马虎处理, 含糊其词, 讨价还价

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 敷衍, 馬虎處理, 含糊其詞, 討價還價

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 속이다, 흥정하다, 얼버무리다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - ごまかす, 軽々しく扱う, 値切る, 駆け引きする, 言葉をにごす

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يعبث, يراوغ, يساوم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮הונה, התמקח, זלזל, הקל-ראש‬

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