英语词汇“to forestall the burgh”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. To anticipate or prevent sales at (a fair, market) by buying up or selling goods beforehand or by dissuading persons from bringing in their goods. †to forestall the burgh: (Scottish) to make a profit out of the inhabitants by such practices (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > illegal or immoral trading > trade in (goods) illegally or immorally [verb (transitive)] > buy up (goods) for resale or monopoly > buy up to prevent sales at (market)

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1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. iv. 43 He..Forstalleþ my Feire. Fihteþ in my chepynges.

1550 T. Lever Serm. Thyrd Sondaye in Lente (new ed.) sig. E.v As couetous Carles do here in England forstall the markets.

1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 148 Quha forestalles the said burgh, be buying and selling.

1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. 158 The offence of forestalling the market is also an offence against public trade.

1849 G. P. R. James Woodman I. v. 86 'Tis thus he always forestalls the market.

figurative.1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iii. vii. 121 Philip thinking to forestall the market of honour, and take up all for himself, hasted presently to Ptolemais.

单词	to forestall the burgh
释义	> as lemmas to forestall the burgh b. To anticipate or prevent sales at (a fair, market) by buying up or selling goods beforehand or by dissuading persons from bringing in their goods. †to forestall the burgh: (Scottish) to make a profit out of the inhabitants by such practices (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > illegal or immoral trading > trade in (goods) illegally or immorally [verb (transitive)] > buy up (goods) for resale or monopoly > buy up to prevent sales at (market) forestall1362 stall1474 engross1872 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. iv. 43 He..Forstalleþ my Feire. Fihteþ in my chepynges. 1550 T. Lever Serm. Thyrd Sondaye in Lente (new ed.) sig. E.v As couetous Carles do here in England forstall the markets. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 148 Quha forestalles the said burgh, be buying and selling. 1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. 158 The offence of forestalling the market is also an offence against public trade. 1849 G. P. R. James Woodman I. v. 86 'Tis thus he always forestalls the market. figurative.1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iii. vii. 121 Philip thinking to forestall the market of honour, and take up all for himself, hasted presently to Ptolemais. extracted from forestallv. < as lemmas
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