Look up: engrossing

1. engrossing
   taken up all the time or attention writing in large or formal
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2. Engrossing
   • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engross
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3. engrossing
   engrossing, in English law, practice of acquiring a monopoly of goods in order to sell them at an inflated price. The offense was ordinarily limited to monopolies of foods. Related practices were forestalling, i.e., buying up food on the way to its normal markets, and regrating, i.e., gaining contro...
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4. Engrossing
   Engrossing, forestalling and regratting are terms formerly in use for the putchase of corn or other commodoties in order to sell gain at a higher price, or in order to raise the market price of the same. These practices were once regarded as criminal, and positive statutes against them were passed i...
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5. Engrossing
   (law) `Engrossing`, `forestalling` and `regrating` were marketing offences in English common law. The terms were used to describe unacceptable methods of influencing the market, sometimes by creating a local monopoly for a certain good, usually food. The terms were often used together, and wi...
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