gazumped
past simple and past participle ofgazump
| 单词 | gazumped |
| 释义 | gazumped past simple and past participle ofgazump gazump verb[Toften passive] UKinformaluk/ɡəˈzʌmp/us/ɡəˈzʌmp/torefusetosellahousethat you own to someone you haveagreedtosellit to, and tosellitinsteadto someone whoofferstopaymore for it: Sally'sofferfor thehousehas beenaccepted, but she'sworriedshe might be gazumped. Mortgages & real estate
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Negotiating prices Examplesofgazumpedgazumped In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. They were thengazumpedby the local authority, which bought it for £900 more. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 How many more people will begazumpedin the coming year or two, before even his modest proposals take effect? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Effectively that motion has beengazumpedby people queue-jumping by introducing a writ this morning. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have great sympathy with those who find themselvesgazumpedbecause of such practices. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I agree that if people pay for structural surveys and building society surveys and then find that they aregazumped, such money is wasted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He can obtain no answer from the building firm about whether his plot will begazumped. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Is she aware that the national health service may begazumpedby a private bidder? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is rather like beinggazumpedin reverse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They explained that they would not like to begazumpedfor £500. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it not possible that the teachers may be driven to take some form of industrial action because they feel that in this matter they have beengazumped? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a national disgrace that local authorities, including my own, which require land for building council houses for rent, should begazumpedby greedy and speculative builders. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Very often, when a local authority ought to have the opportunity to buy, it isgazumpedby private interests because it is restricted in its expenditure by valuation control. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It will save many young people the misery of seeing their savings disappear as they aregazumped, and it will help elderly people seeking homes to which to retire. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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