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regrate
1[ ri-greyt ]
verb (used with object)
, re·grat·ed, re·grat·ing.
- to buy up (grain, provisions, etc.) in order to sell again at a profit in or near the same market.
- to sell again (commodities so bought); retail.
regrate
2[ ri-greyt ]
verb (used with object)
, re·grat·ed, re·grat·ing.
- to dress or tool (existing stonework) anew.
regrate
/ rɪˈɡreɪt /
verb
- to buy up (commodities) in advance so as to raise their price for profitable resale
- to resell (commodities so purchased); retail
- building trades to redress the surface of (hewn stonework)
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Derived Forms
- reˈgrater, noun
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Other Words From
- re·grater noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of regrate1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of regrate1
C15: from Old French regrater perhaps from re- + grater to scratch
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Example Sentences
The certantie understand, the said Maister George tooke his leave of Kyle, and that with the regrate of many.
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To regrate was to buy up in the market and sell again in the same market at an advanced price.
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No one was to forestall or regrate, that is, buy at one price and sell at a higher price in the same locale.
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