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regrating, vbl. n.|rɪˈgreɪtɪŋ|
[f. regrate v.2 + -ing1.]
The action of the vb.
a1550Vox Populi 41 in Hazl. E.P.P. III. 269 Suche and suche, That of late are made riche,..By grasyng and regratinge. 1596Spenser State Irel. Wks. (Globe) 681/2 By such engrossing and regrating we see the dearthe that nowe comonly raigneth heere in England to have bene caused. 1630R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlem. (1641) 135 In Courts are suits and actions of law;..in the countrey ingrossing and regrating of purpose to oppresse. 1745De Foe's Eng. Tradesman xxxviii. (1841) II. 111 All regrating and forestalling of markets, is accounted so pernicious in trade. 1799Burke Lett., to A. Young (1844) IV. 453, I was myself the person who moved the repeal of the absurd code of statutes against the most useful of all trades, under the invidious names of forestalling and regrating. 1844Act 7 & 8 Vict. c. 24 (title), An Act for abolishing the Offences of forestalling, regrating, and engrossing. 1868Daily News 4 Sept., Theatrical Forestalling and Regrating.—..By buying up the admissions to [Parisian] theatres which dramatic or operatic authors are privileged to sign, and retailing them to the public. |