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antiscalping

antiscalping adjective: opposing or preventing scalping (the resale of tickets etc. at a higher price).

Adjective

antiscalping (comparative more antiscalping, superlative most antiscalping)

  1. Opposing or preventing scalping (the resale of tickets etc. at a higher price).
    • Then it sued StubHub in Massachusetts state court, arguing that it had encouraged fans to flout the state’s antiscalping law and the team’s own contract with ticket holders.2007 June 14, Brad Stone, “Fighting the Web, Sports Teams Seek to Control Ticket Resales”, in New York Times

Forms of antiscalping

comparativemore antiscalping
superlativemost antiscalping

Origin of antiscalping

From anti- + scalping.

Questions about antiscalping

What does antiscalping mean?
Antiscalping means opposing or preventing scalping (the resale of tickets etc. at a higher price).
What part of speech is antiscalping?
Antiscalping is an adjective.

Words near antiscalping in the dictionary

  1. antiscald
  2. antiscale
  3. antiscalent
  4. antiscalents
  5. antiscaling
  6. antiscalping
  7. antiscam
  8. antiscarp
  9. antiscarps
  10. antiscatter
  11. antisceptic

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