Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

regratery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-gratery
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act or practice of regrating; buying commodities in order to sell them.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Thei rychen þorw regraterye · and rentes hem buggen / With þat þe pore people · shulde put in here wombe."

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman regraterie, corresponding to regrate + -ery.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: regrate

Usage

Inflected Forms

regrateries (plural)

Questions

What does regratery mean?: The act or practice of regrating; buying commodities in order to sell them.
Where does regratery come from?: From Anglo-Norman regraterie, corresponding to regrate + -ery.

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