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regrate
1[ ri-greyt ]
verb (used with object)
- 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)
- to dress or tool (existing stonework) anew.
regrate
/ °ùɪˈɡ°ù±ðɪ³Ù /
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)
Derived Forms
- °ù±ðˈ²µ°ù²¹³Ù±ð°ù, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- °ù±ð·²µ°ù²¹³Ùİù noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of regrate1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of regrate1
Example Sentences
Regrate, rÄ“-grÄt′, v.t. in masonry, to remove the outer surface so as to give a fresh appearance.
Regrate, rÄ“-grÄt′, v.t. to buy and sell again in the same market, thus raising the price—once a criminal offence in England.—ns.
No one may forestall or regrate, that is, buy at one price and sell at a higher price in the same locale.
To regrate was to buy up in the market and sell again in the same market at an advanced price.
And in the xvj day of March the kyng ordeyned that no man schulde gon ought of the citee of London be water no be londe to regrate ony Hoc Ao concessit civib’ Londo’.vitaile.
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