English-Thai Dictionary

palter

VI พูด หรือ กระทำ ไม่จริงใจ  ทำ เสแสร้ง  phud-rue-kra-tam-mai-jing-jai

 

palter

VI เจรจา แลกเปลี่ยน  พูด ต่อรอง  haggle bargain chaffer jea-ra-ja-reak-plian

 

palter with

PHRV ปฏิบัติ อย่าง ไม่ จริงจัง  ทำ อย่าง ไม่ จริงจัง  pa-ti-bud-yang-mai-jing-jang

 

palter with

PHRV พูด หลอก ด้วย  phud-lok-duai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PALTER

v.i.[Eng. fail. ] To shift; to dodge; to play tricks. Rather, to fail; to come short; to balk. Romans, that have spoke the word
And will not palter.

 

PALTER

v.t.To squander. [Not used. ]

 

PALTERER

n.One that palters, fails or falls short.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PALTER

Pal "ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Paltered; p. pr. & vb. n. Paltering.]Etym: [See Paltry. ]

 

1. To haggle. [Obs. ] Cotgrave.

 

2. To act in insincere or deceitful manner; to play false; to equivocate; to shift; to dodge; to trifle. Romans, that have spoke the word, And will not palter. Shak. Who never sold the truth to serve the hour, Nor paltered with eternal God for power. Tennyson.

 

3. To babble; to chatter. [Obs. ]

 

PALTER

PALTER Pal "ter, v. t.

 

Defn: To trifle with; to waste; to squander in paltry ways or on worthless things. [Obs. ] "Palter out your time in the penal statutes." Beau. & Fl.

 

PALTERER

PALTERER Pal "ter *er, n.

 

Defn: One who palters. Johnson.

 

PALTERLY

PALTERLY Pal "ter *ly, a. & adv.

 

Defn: Paltry; shabby; shabbily; paltrily. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] "In palterly clothes. " Pepys.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

palter

pal ter |ˈpôltər ˈpɔltər | ▶verb [ no obj. ] archaic 1 equivocate or prevaricate in action or speech. 2 (palter with ) trifle with: this great work should not be paltered with. DERIVATIVES pal ter er noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘mumble or babble ’): of unknown origin; no corresponding verb is known in any other language.

 

Oxford Dictionary

palter

palter |ˈpɔːltə, ˈpɒl -| ▶verb [ no obj. ] archaic 1 equivocate or prevaricate in action or speech. 2 (palter with ) trifle with: this great work should not be paltered with. DERIVATIVES palterer noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘mumble or babble ’): of unknown origin.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

palter

pal ter /pɔ́ːltə r /動詞 自動詞 1 «…を » いいかげんに [軽く ]あしらう ; ごまかす «with » .2 交渉する ; 値切る .