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