10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GAZUMPER»
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gazumper in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Chambers concise dictionary
[1970s in this sense; 1920s in the form gazoomph, meaning 'swindle': from
Yiddish gezumph to swindle] □ gazumper n. □ gazumping n. gazunder /g3'
zAnda(r)/ > v(gazundered, gazundering) said of a buyer: to lower the sum offered
to (a ...
... Seller's Power's and Duties' [2004] 68 Conv 433. Thornton, R, 'How to Lock Out
a Gazumper' [1993] CLJ 392. Websites Land Registry at: www.landregistry.gov.
uk/e- conveyancing Equitable rights in land equitable rights in land Rights that.
... GAZPACHO GAZPACHOS GAZUMP GAZUMPED GAZUMPER GAZUMPERS
GAZUMPING GAZUMPS GEANTICLINE GEANTICLINES GEAR GEARBOX
GEARBOXES GEARCASE GEARCASES GEARCHANGE GEARCHANGES
GEARED ...
Maliha Mendoza Mahmood, 2013
4
Property Law: Commentary and Materials
A gazumper is a seller who suddenly says that he will withdraw unless the buyer
pays more. A gazunderer is a buyer who threatens to pull out unless the seller
will take less. These practices are unknown in Scotland. They are not a by-
product ...
Alison Clarke, Paul Kohler, 2005
5
Introduction Into Legal English for Dutch Law Students
When prices are rising so quickly, there's plenty of room for a gazumper to step in
and offer the buyer a better deal." With demand for housing far outweighing
supply, particularly in London, buyers are scrambling to get hold of the right
home.
... comes from Yiddish meaning 'sneak thief; it is used by both police and villains
as a derogatory description. gazump 1. n, v [UK] [Market-traders] the practice of
over-charging or swindling; to overcharge, to swindle. A 'gazumper' is one who ...
7
New Oxford Rhyming Dictionary
... stupor, Super, trooper, trouper, Whooper . pooper-Scooper .party-pooper .
paratrooper .mea culpa .chutzpah . crupper, cuppa, Scupper, supper, upper .
gulper, kalpa, pulper . bumper, dumper, gazumper, jumper, lumper, stumper,
thumper .
8
Night Whispers - Dynamite For The Darkness
NKJV God the Gazumper “Presumed consent” in the arena of organ donation is “
the right to harvest organs from the dead unless explicit instructions have been
given to the contrary”. I believe this is a most personal violation of human rights, ...
Rev. Victor Robert Farrell
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Oxford Dictionary of English
derivatives gazumper noun. – origin 1920s (in sense 2): from Yiddish gezumph '
overcharge'. Sense 1 dates from the 1970s. gazunder /gəˈzʌndə/ 7verb [with obj
.] Brit. informal lower the amount of an offer that one has made to (the seller of a ...
Eric Partridge includes Gezumpher, a Yiddish slang word for a swindler which
later became Gazumper. It came in as slang but was given legal status by a
Judge who was examining this kind of financial pressure. With Gazump also in
use it ...
Ivor John Carnegie Brown, 1973
6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GAZUMPER»
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Fame & Fortune: Here is the news - I'm a gazumper
Lights, camera . . . Alastair Stewart has spent nearly 40 years on our TV screens, covering such iconic events as the fall of the Berlin Wall in ... «The Sunday Times, Dec 14»
Frankel fever lives on as fans flock to the sale of Dancing Rain
The auctioneer, Edmond Mahony, went right round the sales ring looking up and down for any late gazumper, but he found not one. The lady in ... «Daily Mail, Dec 13»
Gazumping and sealed bids spread to suburbs as house prices rocket
Their improved offer, now £10,000 over the asking price, was accepted over that of the gazumper as they were chain free. Ms Stevens said: “I ... «Evening Standard, Nov 13»
Gazumping facts
Now we are seeing signs of the market picking up after six years of stagnation, will we again see the return of the dreaded gazumper? The first ... «Hull Daily Mail, Nov 13»
Gus Poyet relishes the task at Brighton ahead of FA Cup clash with …
So what about his anonymous gazumper then? "We'll see if he gets in the team," laughs Gus. Just a hunch but you can't help thinking Poyet ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 10»
Home Craze Gazumps London With Record Prices, $500000 Parking
These days, London is a gazumper's market. Old landmarks vie with new monuments to Londoners' love affair with bricks and mortar. Not far ... «Bloomberg, Jul 07»
