| 词汇 | gazump |
| 释义 | gazump verb[ Toften passive ] UKinformaluk /ɡəˈzʌmp/ us /ɡəˈzʌmp/ to 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: （房价议定后因有人出价更高而向买主）食言毁约 Sally's offer for the house has been accepted, but she's worried she might be gazumped.萨莉出的房价卖主接受了，但是她担心若有更高的出价卖主会食言毁约。 Mortgages & real estate blockbusting brick bricks and mortaridiom BTL buy-to-let chain equity landlady letting mortgagee planning blight real estate broker real estate developer real estate office Realtor realty realty office refinance remortgage repossess You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Negotiating prices Related wordgazumping gazump | Business Englishgazump verb[ Tusually passive ] PROPERTYuk /ɡəˈzʌmp/us to 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: Sally's offer for the house has been accepted, but she's worried she might be gazumped. Examples of gazumpgazump I entirely agree that providing information electronically will speed up conveyancing and reduce the opportunities for gazumping. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were then gazumped by the local authority, which bought it for £900 more. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How many more people will be gazumped in the coming year or two, before even his modest proposals take effect? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The question of gazumping was mentioned, and this too is important. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One seller was just testing the market; another accepted a gazumping offer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The rented sector premium will become subject to the same kind of gazumping that applies to prices in the houses for sale market. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The delays in procedures which permit gazumping are best dealt with by changes in practice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We believe the answer to the problems caused by gazumping lie in increasing transparency and speeding up the home buying and selling process. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Effectively that motion has been gazumped by people queue-jumping by introducing a writ this morning. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have great sympathy with those who find themselves gazumped because of such practices. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, no schemes have found widespread support as methods of bringing gazumping to an end. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Governments of both major parties have regretted the existence of gazumping in the past but, regrettably, they have done very little about it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I accept that he believes that by speeding up the process, gazumping will be less likely—he has just referred to that again. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I agree that if people pay for structural surveys and building society surveys and then find that they are gazumped, such money is wasted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He can obtain no answer from the building firm about whether his plot will be gazumped. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. 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