palters

verb

present tense third-person singular of palter
as in deals
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 Synonyms for palters
  1. deals
  2. negotiates
  3. bargains
Verb
  • To two young stars whose endorsement deals dwarf their league salaries, $400 is probably couch-cushion change.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
  • The online shop currently has under-the-radar deals up to 80 percent off, from early fall clothing to cozy home upgrades.
    — Rylee Johnston, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
Definition of deals
Verb
  • Cusick and Kretschmann offer complementary chords of variable petulance and insecurity, as newcomer Cuoso ably negotiates her character’s shifting ambiguities.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 July 2026
  • The federal government also negotiates directly with pharmaceutical companies to lower the prices of some of the most expensive drugs in Medicare, through a program created by Congress in 2022.
    — Ali Swenson, Fortune, 31 July 2026
Definition of negotiates
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  • The union usually bargains in the same year as performers’ union SAG-AFTRA and directors’ union the Directors Guild of America.
    — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 6 Apr. 2026
  • One potential—though untested—workaround would be for conferences, which are private entities, to serve as a joint employer that bargains with a players’ union.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 Mar. 2026
Definition of bargains
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“Palters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palters. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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