noun Download 🔗Share The act of gazumping. Examples : "The potential buyer was devastated to learn that the seller had accepted a higher offer; it was a clear case of gazumping. " property business finance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To swindle; to extort. Examples : "The used car salesman tried to gazump me by adding an extra $500 to the price right before I signed the contract. " business finance property economy law Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To raise the selling price of something (especially property) after previously agreeing to a lower one. Examples : ""We thought we had bought the house, but the seller gazumped us at the last minute and accepted a higher offer from someone else." " property business economy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To buy a property by bidding more than the price of an existing, accepted offer. Examples : "The Smiths gazumped the Browns' offer on the house, paying more money to secure the property. " property business finance economy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To trump or preempt; to reap the benefit underhandedly from a situation that someone else has worked to create. Examples : "The Smiths gazumped the Joneses by offering a higher price for the house just as the Joneses thought they had the deal finalized. " property business economy finance moral Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An automobile. Examples : "My gazump broke down on the way to work, so I was late. " vehicle Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A politician who takes bribes. Examples : "The newspaper exposed a local politician as a gazump who accepted money in exchange for favors. " politics government person moral Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
