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Definition of gazunder in English: gazunderverb ɡəˈzʌndəɡəˈzəndər [with object]British informal Lower the amount of an offer that one has made to (the seller of a property), typically just before the exchange of contracts. the couple have just been gazundered in one of London's most expensive areas Example sentencesExamples - Gazumping and gazundering sound contagious - do I really want to buy a flat?
- Whereas gazumping gave sellers the upper hand, allowing them to accept 11 th hour bids above the original offer, gazundering turns the tables on them.
- Unscrupulous buyers might also decide to play dirty and indulge in a bit of gazundering - they put in a lower offer just before the exchange of contracts.
- They certainly won't do anything to stop gazundering.
- A new home buying process offered by estate agents has been launched that claims make the process quicker, and prevent gazumping or gazundering with comparable costs to the conventional system.
Origin Late 1980s: humorous blend of gazump and under. Definition of gazunder in US English: gazunderverbɡəˈzəndərɡəˈzəndər [with object]British informal (of a buyer) lower the amount of an offer made on a property and accepted by (a seller) at the time of final negotiations. the couple have just been gazundered in one of London's most expensive areas Example sentencesExamples - Unscrupulous buyers might also decide to play dirty and indulge in a bit of gazundering - they put in a lower offer just before the exchange of contracts.
- Gazumping and gazundering sound contagious - do I really want to buy a flat?
- They certainly won't do anything to stop gazundering.
- Whereas gazumping gave sellers the upper hand, allowing them to accept 11 th hour bids above the original offer, gazundering turns the tables on them.
- A new home buying process offered by estate agents has been launched that claims make the process quicker, and prevent gazumping or gazundering with comparable costs to the conventional system.
Origin Late 1980s: humorous blend of gazump and under. |