palter

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.

(PAWL-tuhr)

verb intr.
1. To talk or act in an insincere or deceitful manner.
2. To haggle.

Etymology
Origin unknown

Usage
"Who never sold the truth to serve the hour, Nor paltered with Eternal God for power." — Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892), poet laureate, eulogizing the Duke of Wellington.

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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

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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