regrate

¹

[ri-greyt]

verb (used with object)

regrated, regrating 

1. to buy up (grain, provisions, etc.) in order to sell again at a profit in or near the same market.

2. to sell again (commodities so bought); retail.

regrate

²

[ri-greyt]

verb (used with object)

regrated, regrating 

1. to dress or tool (existing stonework) anew.

regrate

/ rɪˈɡreɪt /

verb

1. to buy up (commodities) in advance so as to raise their price for profitable resale

2. to resell (commodities so purchased); retail

3. building trades to redress the surface of (hewn stonework)

Other Word Forms

• regrater noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of regrate¹

1400–50; late Middle English regraten < Old French regrater, perhaps equivalent to re- re- + grater to scrape ( grate ² )

Origin of regrate²

1720–30; < French regratter, equivalent to re- re- + gratter to grate ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of regrate¹

C15: from Old French regrater perhaps from _re- + grater to scratch

Example Sentences

Regrate, rē-grāt′, v.t. in masonry, to remove the outer surface so as to give a fresh appearance.

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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.

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No one may forestall or regrate, that is, buy at one price and sell at a higher price in the same locale.

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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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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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