| 释义 |
gazunder, v. U.K. colloq.|gəˈzʌndə(r)|
[Humorously f. gazump v. + under adv.]
trans. Of a house-buyer: to reduce the price offered to (a seller) for a property, esp. shortly before exchange of contracts, threatening to withdraw if the new offer is not accepted; also, to swindle in this way.
1988Gloucestershire Echo 29 Dec. 20/4 If one of them is nearing exchange of contracts there may be no alternative but to accept, to prevent the collapse of the chain. The vendor will have been gazundered. 1989Independent 17 Oct. 8/1 The risk of disappointment through being gazumped, or in the current property slump, gazundered.
So gaˈzundering vbl. n.; gaˈzunderer n.
1988Daily Mirror 18 Nov. 4/2 The gazunderer goes along with the asking price until days or even hours before contracts are due to be exchanged. 1988Today 18 Nov. 2/6 Tony Clark, General Secretary of the National Association of Estate Agents said yesterday: ‘Gazundering is a new and unwelcome development. We would like to see it outlawed.’ 1990Independent 24 Mar. 38/8 Gazumping, gazundering and all manner of noxious debilitations are blamed on slothful solicitors. |