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regrateverb
To purchase goods from a market in order to resell them at the same (or nearby) market at an inflated price.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To REGRATEverb
The cloathing of the tortoise and viper rather regrateth, than pleaseth the eye. William Derham, Physico-Theology.
Neither should they buy any corn, unless it were to make malt thereof; for by such engrossing and regrating, the dearth, that commonly reigneth in England, hath been caused. Edmund Spenser.
Webster Dictionary
Regrateverb
to remove the outer surface of, as of an old hewn stone, so as to give it a fresh appearance
Regrateverb
to offend; to shock
Regrateverb
to buy in large quantities, as corn, provisions, etc., at a market or fair, with the intention of selling the same again, in or near the same place, at a higher price, -- a practice which was formerly treated as a public offense
Etymology: [F. regratter, literally, to scrape again. See Re-, and Grate, v. t.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Regrate
rē-grāt′, v.t. in masonry, to remove the outer surface so as to give a fresh appearance.
Regrate
rē-grāt′, v.t. to buy and sell again in the same market, thus raising the price—once a criminal offence in England.—ns. Regrā′ter, -tor, a huckster who buys and sells provisions in the same fair; Regrā′ting. [O. Fr. regrater—Low L. recatare, to retail—L. re-, back, captāre, to catch.]
Anagrams for regrate »
greater
terrage
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of regrate in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of regrate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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