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scalper::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | plunger, speculator |
| Has types | ticket tout, tout |
| Derivation | scalp |
he got theater tickets through a scalper.
Examples of scalper
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As the scalper asks how many the man needs, the misunderstanding becomes clear.
From the boston.com
Daulerio made inquiries and set off to find a scalper, apparently not hard at all.
From the abcnews.go.com
This is the high-end stuff, another scalper, a man in a gray cotton T-shirt, says.
From the boston.com
Expecting to get in the game, they are stopped when a scalper offers them tickets.
From the en.wikipedia.org
One woman told us she bought a ticket from a scalper because there was no other way.
From the edition.cnn.com
Any scalper who manages to make a lot of money Saturday is one fine scalper.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Of course, they showed up on scalper Web sites that same day with an 800 percent markup.
From the dallasnews.com
The festival website warns against buying from a third party or scalper.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Or he'd be looking for a scalper that people like him try to put in prison for helping us.
From the economist.com
- Someone who buys something and resells it at a price far above the initial cost; "he got theater tickets through a scalper"
- Scalping is the act of removing another person's scalp or a portion of their scalp, either from a dead body, or a living person.
- (Scalping (trading)) Scalping, when used in reference to trading in securities, commodities and foreign exchange, may refer to # a fraudulent form of market manipulation # a legitimate method of arbitrage of small price gaps created by the bid-ask spread. ...
- One who scalps tickets to popular entertainment events: buying them in advance and then selling them (e.g. ...
- (Scalpers) are very short-term oriented, trades being completed possibly in seconds; they rely primarily on intuition and order flow. Today most scalping is done via computer.
- (scalpers) primarily relating to shipping of freight; scalpers would assign cargo to boats
- (Scalping) The practice of trading in and out of the market on very small price fluctuations. A person who engages in this practice is known as a scalper.
- (Scalping) the strategy of buying and selling in a short time lapse. The time duration is anywhere between 1-10 minutes.
- (Scalping) is a style of trading that involves frequent trading seeking small gains over a very short period of time.
