regrate
regrate
(rɪˈɡreɪt)vb (tr)
1. (Stock Exchange) to buy up (commodities) in advance so as to raise their price for profitable resale
2. (Stock Exchange) to resell (commodities so purchased); retail
3. (Building) building trades to redress the surface of (hewn stonework)
[C15: from Old French regrater perhaps from re- + grater to scratch]
reˈgrater n
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regrate
Past participle: regrated
Gerund: regrating
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