to buy and sell again in or near the same market
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• (v. t.) To offend; to shock. • (v. t.) To remove the outer surface of, as of an old hewn stone, so as to give it a fresh appearance. • (v. t.) 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 wa...
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<agriculture> 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. ... Origin: F. Regratter to regrate provisions; of uncertain origin. ... (16 Mar 1998) ...
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Re·grate' transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Regrated ;
present participle & verbal noun Regrating .] [ French
regratter , literally, to scrape again. See
Re -, and
Grate ,
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to buy and sell a commodity again in the same market or fair
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