单词 | regrator |
释义 | regratorn. 1. A person who buys commodities (esp. food) in order to sell them on at a profit; a retailer; = regrater n. 1. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > agent or broker > [noun] > middleman > buying up for resale or monopoly regratorc1390 forestaller14.. regraterc1400 engrosserc1460 grey merchant1542 grosser?1542 forebuyer1558 ingrater1583 market-monger1629 pin-hooker1885 mailer1950 switch dealer1967 c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. iii. 81 (MED) Meede..þe Meir heo bi-souȝte..to taken..presentes..as..Rynges with Rubyes þe Regratour to fauere..And soffre hem to sulle sumdel aȝeyn Resoun. 1429–30 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Sept. 1429 §36. m. 8 A fals craft of regratouris of yern, iclepid yern chopperis. 1467 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 396 That ther be no citezen regratour of see ffysshe. 1517 in J. Imrie et al. Burgh Court Bk. Selkirk (1960) 41 We ordane yow, sir balyeis, to punes all regratoris of our common merkat. 1551–2 Act 5 & 6 Edw. VI c. 14 §2 Whatsoever person..shall by any meanes regrate obteyne or gett into his..possession in any fair or market, anye corne wyne fishe [etc.],..and doe sell the same agayne in any fayre or markett holden or kepte in the same place, or..within fower myles thereof, shalbe..taken for a Regrator. 1592 Sc. Acts Parl. (1597) c. 148 Quha gettis in his hand by buying, contract or promises, the growand corne on the field, salbe repute a regratour. 1618 M. Dalton Countrey Justice 278 Forestallers, Regrators, and Engrossers..shalbe committed for two moneths. 1655 T. Fuller Hist. Univ. Cambr. iii. 54 in Church-hist. Brit. The University have power to punish and amerce all Fore-stallers, Regrators, &c. 1697 in J. Strype Stow's Survey of London (1720) II. v. xxii. 308/2 That they may sell them in Town dearer to Regrators than those that did bring them would do. 1733–4 S.-Carolina Gaz. 23 Mar. 2/1 They..buy up many Articles necessary for the Support of the Inhabitants, and make them pay an exorbitant Price for the same: And we do present all Hucksters, Forestallers and Regrators. 1772 Statutes at Large VIII. 202 An Act for repealing several Laws..against Badgers, Engrossers, Forestallers, and Regrators. 1801 Times 24 Dec. 4/4 We understand the Magistrates are determined strictly to enforce the law against all forestallers or regrators within their jurisdiction. 1955 Virginia Law Rev. Oct. 764 Girdler offered rewards out of his own pocket for the conviction of forestallers and regrators. 1996 D. M. Dean Law-making & Society Late Elizabethan Eng. v. 162 After the Commons had read the pro forma bill against forestallers and regrators, Bacon put forward a motion against enclosures, depopulation of towns and houses of husbandry and tillage. 2. Chiefly English regional (south-western). A person who collects commodities from the producers and brings them to market; an intermediary;= regrater n. 2. rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > agent or broker > [noun] > middleman broker1377 kiddier1551 huckster1574 jobber1647 middlemana1797 regrater1804 regrator1808 salesman- 1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon iv. 107 Some of them become regrators, and attend constantly the Plymouth market. 1884 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 502/2 They are thrown into the hands of the regrator, who goes round with a cart and buys their goods dirt-cheap. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 219/1 Vintners, spicers, grocers, butchers, regrators and others were subject to the like punishment for dishonesty in their commercial dealings. 1939 London Gaz. 17 Oct. in Times 18 Oct. 13/5 Boundy, D. H. Trewint, Altarnun, Launceston, regrator. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1390 |
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