verb
- to buy goods in order to sell them again at a higher price in the same market
Usage: archaic; historical
Examples
- Medieval laws prohibited merchants from regrating grain during times of scarcity.
- The practice of regrating was considered unfair to consumers.
- Local authorities banned regrating to prevent price manipulation.
- Traders who would regrate essential goods faced heavy penalties.
- The statute against regrating aimed to protect fair market prices.