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regrate

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[ ri-greyt ]
/ rɪˈgreɪt /
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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.
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Origin of regrate

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1400–50; late Middle English regraten<Old French regrater, perhaps equivalent to re-re- + grater to scrape (see grate2)

OTHER WORDS FROM regrate

re·grat·er, noun

Words nearby regrate

regolith, regorge, regosol, Reg. prof., regr., regrate, regreet, regress, regression, regression analysis, regressive

Other definitions for regrate (2 of 2)

regrate2
[ ri-greyt ]
/ rɪˈgreɪt /
verb (used with object), re·grat·ed, re·grat·ing.
to dress or tool (existing stonework) anew.

Origin of regrate

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1720–30; <French regratter, equivalent to re-re- + gratter to grate2
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How to use regrate in a sentence

  • The certantie understand, the said Maister George tooke his leave of Kyle, and that with the regrate of many.

    The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6)|John Knox

  • To regrate was to buy up in the market and sell again in the same market at an advanced price.

    The History of London|Walter Besant

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

    Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed.|S. A. Reilly

British Dictionary definitions for regrate

regrate
/ (rɪˈɡreɪt) /
verb (tr)
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 of regrate

regrater, noun

Word Origin for regrate

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