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"

Generic synonyms: Plunger, Speculator
Specialized synonyms: Ticket Tout, Tout
Derivative terms: Scalp

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

1. 1. One who, or that which, scalps. 2. Same as Scalping iron, under Scalping. 3. A broker who, dealing on his own account, tries to get a small and quick profit from slight fluctuations of the market. 4. A person who buys and sells the unused parts of railroad tickets. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scalper

scaloppine
scaloppines
scaloppini
scalp
scalp contusion
scalp haematoma
scalp hair
scalp infection
scalp laceration
scalp lock
scalp muscle
scalpal
scalped
scalpels
scalper (current term)
scalpers
scalpings
scalpins
scalpless
scalpriform
scalpriform incisors
scalprum
scalprums
scalps
scaly
scaly-sided merganser
scaly-winged
scaly anteater

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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