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Definition of Scalper
1. Noun. Someone who buys something and resells it at a price far above the initial cost. "He got theater tickets through a scalper"
Definition of Scalper
1. n. One who, or that which, scalps.
Definition of Scalper
1. Noun. (American English) One who scalps tickets to popular entertainment events: buying them in advance and then selling them (e.g. online or just outside the venue of the event), often at inflated prices ¹
2. Noun. (finance) A person on an open outcry exchange trading floor who buys and sells rapidly for his or her own account, aiming to buy from a seller and a little later sell to a buyer, making a small profit from the difference (roughly the amount of the bid/offer spread, or less). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scalper
1. one that scalps [n -S] - See also: scalps
Medical Definition of Scalper
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1. One who, or that which, scalps.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Scalper
Literary usage of Scalper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1905)
"A scalper is a ticket broker. Hoffman v. Northern Pac. ... A scalper is a dealer
In transportation tickets originally purchased by others. Comer v. ..."
2. Shall Pharmacists Become Tradesmen? by George J. Seabury (1899)
"SOME VERY PLAIN TALK TO A NOTED scalper. ARTICLE XVI. " GENTLEMEN : Your note of
January 2d received on the 4th has just reached us by messenger. ..."
3. Myths and Traditions of the Crow Indians by Robert Harry Lowie (1918)
"They asked him and he told them the scalper was not far and they should chase
... The scalper bade his own people, who were all afoot, to run away as their ..."
4. The Land of Contrasts: A Briton's View of His American Kin by James Fullarton Muirhead (1898)
"Thus, if the fare from A to B be $10 and the return fare &15, it is often possible
to obtain the half of a return ticket from a scalper for about $8. ..."
5. America, the Land of Contrasts: A Briton's View of His American Kin by James Fullarton Muirhead (1898)
"Thus, if the fare from A to B be $10 and the return fare $15, it is often possible
to obtain the half of a return ticket from a scalper for about $8. ..."
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