gazump - Definition from the BUSINESS BASICS topic - BUSINESS

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gazump
verb

ga‧zump

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[transitive usually passive]

British English informalBB if you are gazumped, the person who is selling you a house sells it to another person who offers them more money:

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We were gazumped at the last minute.

—gazumping noun [uncountable]

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