SCALPER

scalper

(noun) someone who buys something and resells it at a price far above the initial cost; “he got theater tickets through a scalper”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

scalper (plural scalpers)

One who scalps, or removes the scalp of another.

(US, Canada) One who scalps tickets to popular entertainment events: buying them in advance and then selling them (e.g. online or just outside the venue of the event), often at inflated prices.

Synonym: ticket tout (UK)

(finance) A person on an open outcry exchange trading floor who buys and sells rapidly for his or her own account, aiming to buy from a seller and a little later sell to a buyer, making a small profit from the difference (roughly the amount of the bid/offer spread, or less).

A machine for removing the ends of grain, such as wheat or rye, or for separating the different grades of broken wheat, semolina, etc.

A surgical instrument for scraping carious bones.

Synonym: scalping-iron

Anagrams

• carpels, clasper, craples, parcels, placers, reclasp

Source: Wiktionary

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Scalper, n.

1. One who, or that which, scalps.

2. (Surg.)

Definition: Same as Scalping iron, under Scalping.

3. A broker who, dealing on his own account, tries to get a small and quick profit from slight fluctuations of the market. [Cant]

4. A person who buys and sells the unused parts of railroad tickets. [Cant]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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