regratery

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noun

The act or practice of regrating; buying commodities in order to sell them.

OriginAnglo-Norman regraterie →
First used 14th–17th c.Scrabble 13
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Meanings

nounregratery (countable and uncountable, plural regrateries)

plural regrateries

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableThe act or practice of regrating; buying commodities in order to sell them.First known use 14th–17th c.

    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

Origin

  1. Anglo-Normanregraterie
  2. Englishregratery

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

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APA

regratery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regratery

MLA

“regratery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regratery. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “regratery,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regratery.

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