noun🔗ShareRétractation, surenchèreThe 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. "L'acheteur potentiel a été dévasté d'apprendre que le vendeur avait accepté une offre plus élevée ; c'était un cas flagrant de surenchère.propertybusinessfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEscroquer, arnaquerTo 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. "Le vendeur de voitures d'occasion a essayé de m'escroquer en ajoutant 500 dollars au prix juste avant que je signe le contrat.businessfinancepropertyeconomylawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSurévaluer, surenchérirTo 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." "Nous pensions avoir acheté la maison, mais le vendeur nous a fait surenchérir à la dernière minute et a accepté une offre plus élevée de quelqu'un d'autre.propertybusinesseconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSur-enchérir, surenchérirTo 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. "Les Smith ont surenchéri sur l'offre des Brown pour la maison, payant plus d'argent pour s'assurer la propriété.propertybusinessfinanceeconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCoiffer au poteau, doublerTo 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. "Les Smith ont coiffé au poteau les Jones en offrant un prix plus élevé pour la maison, juste au moment où les Jones pensaient avoir finalisé l'accord.propertybusinesseconomyfinancemoralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareVoiture, automobileAn automobile."My gazump broke down on the way to work, so I was late. "Ma voiture est tombée en panne en allant au travail, donc j'étais en retard.vehicleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePolitique corrompuA politician who takes bribes."The newspaper exposed a local politician as a gazump who accepted money in exchange for favors. "Le journal a révélé qu'un politicien local était un politique corrompu qui acceptait de l'argent en échange de faveurs.politicsgovernmentpersonmoralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
