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
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
• carpels, clasper, craples, parcels, placers, reclasp
Source: Wiktionary
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
28 December 2024
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