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Raise the price of a house after agreeing a lower price
Answer for the clue "Raise the price of a house after agreeing a lower price ", 6 letters:
gazump
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Etymology 1 vb. 1 (context British English) To swindle; to extort. 2 (context British Australia real estate English) To raise the selling price of something (especially property) after previously agreeing to a lower one. 3 (context British Australia real ...
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v. rip off; ask an unreasonable price [syn: overcharge , soak , surcharge , fleece , plume , pluck , rob , hook ] [ant: undercharge ] raise the price of something after agreeing on a lower price
Usage examples of gazump.
They had a buyer for their place: but they had been gazumped on the flat they wanted to buy.
He never put up the price or let us be gazumped by other clients and he helped us fix up our mortgage.
And the place we got gazumped on was on the route that the open-top bus takes when we win something.