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regratare

regratare, ~ere [ME regraten, OF regrat(t)er, AN regrat(i)er] , to buy (goods) in order to resell in same market or locale at a higher price, to regrate, (also) to resell (goods so obtained, in quot. illegally or in contravention of governing regulations). 1279 quod nullus carpentarius emet meremium infra villam ad ~andum Gild Merch. II 290; 1289 similiter ‥ aculpatus quod ‥ ~ere facit de carbone, avenis, et feni [sic], et aliis diversis rebus venalibus Rec. Leic. I 207; 14‥ de hiis qui ~unt [v. l. ~ant] grana ‥ pisces ‥ aut alia bona quecumque, exaltantes primum precium, et ei in cariori foro vendent [v. l. ea in cariori foro vendentes] quam in principio vendi debeant, in detrimentum domini regis et legiorum ejus BBAdm I 231.

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