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US
/ˈskæɫpɝ/
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NOUN
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someone who buys something and resells it at a price far above the initial cost
he got theater tickets through a scalper
How To Use scalper In A Sentence
- But the greatest new addition has been the introduction of a short term scalper strategy that works on 4 currency pairs. Undefined
- A scalper offered me a $10 ticket for the final match for $70.
- A few more children were in tow of the bikinied scalper, who explained that her friend hadn't shown up and now she was stuck with an extra ticket. French Word-A-Day:
- A few more children were in tow of the bikinied scalper, who explained that her friend hadn't shown up and now she was stuck with an extra ticket. French Word-A-Day:
- As we approached the ticket line, we were met by an unusual scalper: a woman, in a bikini, carrying a toddler on her hip. French Word-A-Day:
- Although I would prefer to go by ship, I will not buy a ticket from scalpers.
- Ticket-takers, scalpers, taxi drivers, strippers - they're all just the tip of the soon-to-be-melted iceberg when it comes to the financial havoc that would result from a lost season.
- Secondly, I could not believe the amount of scalpers (ticket touts to us) looking for tickets.
- If you bought tickets from this scalper, then you're out of luck, whereas I have the choice to get new tickets and profit further, or just keep the refund.
- If more ticket windows were opened at railway stations to provide more tickets, there would be less queue-jumping and fewer scalpers.