Gazump - English meaning
Gazump – definitions in English dictionary
verbMake a higher offer for a house than (someone whose offer has already been accepted by the seller) and thus succeed in acquiring the property.
Usage examples:
The trio are fuming after they were gazumped by a property speculatorverbSwindle (someone).
Usage examples:
I gazumped a friend of mine with complete success last night
verbTo refuse to sell a house that you own to someone you have agreed to sell it to, and to sell it instead to someone who offers to pay more for it
Usage examples:
Sally's offer for the house has been accepted, but she's worried she might be gazumped.
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Word origin
1920s (in gazump (sense 2)): from Yiddish gezumph ‘overcharge’. gazump (sense 1) dates from the 1970s.
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