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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act or practice of regrating; buying commodities in order to sell them. countable, obsolete, uncountable

   "Thei rychen þorw regraterye · and rentes hem buggen / With þat þe pore people · shulde put in here wombe."

Example

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"Thei rychen þorw regraterye · and rentes hem buggen / With þat þe pore people · shulde put in here wombe."

Etymology

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

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