regrate

1
[ ri-greyt ]
/ rɪˈgreɪt /

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.

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

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

Definition for regrating (2 of 2)

regrate 2
[ 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

Example sentences from the Web for regrating

  • Very wise, too, and very just, were the laws against forestalling and regrating.

    Rural Rides |William Cobbett

  • The statutes against forestalling, regrating, and engrossing were not formally repealed until 1844.

    Concerning Justice |Lucilius A. Emery

  • In the towns there was an outcry against corn merchants, who were guilty of forestalling and regrating.

    William Pitt and the Great War |John Holland Rose

British Dictionary definitions for regrating

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