as in to deal
to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase
unwilling to palter over the price of the car
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Recent Examples of palter
Another subtype is paltering, where the models use a selective true statement to mislead the human.
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IEEE Spectrum, 12 Aug. 2025
Rather than wait to share the witches’ paltering pronouncements with Lady M (Indira Varma) in person, the thane of Glamis chooses to send word to his wife in advance of his return from battle.
—Rhoda Feng, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2024
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By the show's finale, she's become such a central part of the group that Joyce is the one who deals the killing blow to Vecna.—
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Fulton County Reparations Task Force, a volunteer group in Georgia’s most populous county, recently submitted a 636-page report on the harms the municipality dealt through slavery and discrimination against Black residents.—
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Still, the legislative session frequently goes past the target end date as lawmakers negotiate over the final details of bills and the state budget.—
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Players with more than three years of service time can use arbitration to negotiate their salaries for an upcoming season, and Skubal has more than five years in.—
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Players’ associations could argue such a policy interferes with athletes’ freedom to contract and must be collectively bargained as a condition of employment.—
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The announcement comes after resort ownership and its patrollers union, which have been bargaining since June, reached an impasse in negotiations.—
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Nobody is able to sell or haggle on the showroom floor.—
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In classrooms, this suggests that opportunities for social interaction – for instance, children listening to their classmates’ ideas and haggling over what is true and why – can support brain health and academic learning.—
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“Palter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palter. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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