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regratery

regratery noun: the act or practice of regrating; buying commodities in order to sell them.

Noun

regratery (countable and uncountable, plural regrateries)

  1. (obsolete) The act or practice of regrating; buying commodities in order to sell them.
    • Thei rychen þorw regraterye · and rentes hem buggen / With þat þe pore people · shulde put in here wombe.c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section III

Forms of regratery

pluralregrateries

Origin of regratery

From Anglo-Norman regraterie, corresponding to regrate + -ery.

Questions about regratery

What does regratery mean?
Regratery means the act or practice of regrating; buying commodities in order to sell them.
What part of speech is regratery?
Regratery is a noun.
What is the plural of regratery?
The plural of regratery is regrateries.

Words near regratery in the dictionary

  1. regrate
  2. regrated
  3. regrater
  4. regrateries
  5. regraters
  6. regratery
  7. regrates
  8. regratification
  9. regratified
  10. regratifies
  11. regratify

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