- ticket scalper
-
an unauthorized ticket speculator who buys tickets to a performance or sports event and resells them at inflated prices.[1875-80]
* * *
Universalium. 2010.
ticket scalper
Look at other dictionaries:
ticket scalper — an unauthorized ticket speculator who buys tickets to a performance or sports event and resells them at inflated prices. [1875 80] … Useful english dictionary
Ticket resale — is the act of reselling tickets for admission to events. Tickets are bought from licensed sellers and are then sold for a price determined by the individual or company in possession of the tickets. Tickets sold through secondary sources may be… … Wikipedia
scalper — Synonyms and related words: adventurer, agent, big operator, clerk, floorwalker, gunslinger, lame duck, margin purchaser, operator, plunger, sales agent, sales engineer, sales force, sales manager, sales personnel, salesclerk, salesgirl,… … Moby Thesaurus
scalper — (n.) person who re sells tickets at unauthorized prices for a profit, 1869, American English; earliest reference is to theater tickets, but often used late 19c. of brokers who sold unused portions of railway tickets. [Railways charged less per… … Etymology dictionary
ticket tout — UK US noun [C] UK (US scalper) ► someone who buys several tickets for an event that are difficult to get, in order to sell them at a much higher price: »Ticket touts are asking €500 a seat … Financial and business terms
ticket tout — ticket .tout n BrE someone who sells tickets outside a theatre or sports ground at a high price because there are not many available American Equivalent: scalper … Dictionary of contemporary English
ticket tout — ticket ,tout noun count BRITISH a SCALPER … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
scalper — A trader who trades for small, short term profits during the course of a trading session, rarely carrying a position overnight. Chicago Board of Trade glossary A floor trader who buys and sells quickly to take advantage of small price… … Financial and business terms
ticket tout — noun someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit • Syn: ↑tout • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Br … Useful english dictionary
ticket — noun 1 for travel, an event, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ one way (esp. AmE), single (BrE) ▪ return (BrE), round trip (AmE) ▪ day, season, weekly … Collocations dictionary
