Definitions
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- noun US, slang, dated An
automobile . - verb UK To
swindle ; toextort . - verb UK, Australia, real estate To
raise theselling price of something (especiallyproperty ) after previouslyagreeing to a lower one. - verb UK, Australia, real estate To
buy a property bybidding more than the price of an existing, acceptedoffer . - verb UK, Australia To
trump orpreempt ; toreap thebenefit underhandedly from a situation that someone else has worked to create.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb raise the price of something after agreeing on a lower price
- verb rip off; ask an unreasonable price
Etymologies
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Examples
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"He was a wonderful old boy who called me a couple of weeks later to tell me that a woman had tried to 'gazump' me," he says, pronouncing the word with a horrified Colonel Mustard accent.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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"He was a wonderful old boy who called me a couple of weeks later to tell me that a woman had tried to 'gazump' me," he says, pronouncing the word with a horrified Colonel Mustard accent.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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"He was a wonderful old boy who called me a couple of weeks later to tell me that a woman had tried to 'gazump' me," he says, pronouncing the word with a horrified Colonel Mustard accent.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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State schools are trying to "gazump" each other as they fight to attract the best pupils, research suggests today.
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Jones was already mulling over offers from Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur by the time United moved in and triggered the £16m release clause to gazump everyone.
Sir Alex Ferguson acts swiftly to gazump rival bidders for Phil Jones | Daniel Taylor 2011
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Jones was already mulling over offers from Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur by the time United moved in and triggered the £16m release clause to gazump everyone.
Sir Alex Ferguson acts swiftly to gazump rival bidders for Phil Jones | Daniel Taylor 2011
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United are also pondering a £12m move for Bayern Munich midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger, with their vastly wealthier rivals Manchester City and Chelsea likely to gazump any effort Alex Ferguson makes to secure the signature of the 26-year-old German international.
Football transfer rumours: Liverpool to sign Johan Elmander? Barry Glendenning 2010
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But the fire in Manchester City's pocket rages on nonetheless, and in a demented fluster they will convince Benfica to take £35m for moderate midfielder Ramires and then gazump Chelsea by offering £25m for the £15m-rated Santos striker Neymar.
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Park underwent a medical at Lille before Arsenal moved to gazump the French champions on Saturday.
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The Sun Bombs, executions, poverty... welcome to Anzhi FC, Mr Eto'o - 2 hrs ago United gazump Chelsea's swap for 'outstanding' winger - reports - 16 hrs ago TalkSport Man United after Juventus ace - 17 hrs ago The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
BBC News - Home 2011
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2/6/2009 Headline from the UK Telegraph:
"Gazumping returns to London Property Market"
"a common practice in property sales where the seller of the home accepts one offer to buy the property but later rejects it to accept a higher offer by another buyer."
February 6, 2009