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ga·zump /ɡəˈzʌmp/ verb [transitive]  British English informalBB if you are gazumped, the person who is selling you a house sells it to another person who offers them more money 〔卖房者在房价议定后〕抬价改售他人，悔价 We were gazumped at the last minute. 我们在最后一刻遭遇卖家悔价。n Grammar Gazump is usually passive. —gazumping noun [uncountable]→ See Verb tableFrom Longman Business Dictionarygazumpga‧zump /gəˈzʌmp/ verb [transitive] British English informalPROPERTY if you are gazumped, someone who has agreed to sell you a house at an agreed price sells it to someone else for more moneyIf any client of our agency is gazumped, we refund him or her the cost of the valuation fee. —gazumping noun [uncountable]Gazumping is on the increase in London, as buyers find that there is a shortage of good properties.→ See Verb table

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gazump
ga‧zump /ɡəˈzʌmp/ verb [transitive usually passive]
British English informal if you are gazumped, the person who is selling you a house sells it to another person who offers them more money:
    We were gazumped at the last minute.
—gazumping noun [uncountable]

gaz·umpBrE /ɡəˈzʌmp/ 🔊NAmE /ɡəˈzʌmp/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they gazump BrE /ɡəˈzʌmp/ 🔊 NAmE /ɡəˈzʌmp/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it gazumps BrE /ɡəˈzʌmps/ 🔊 NAmE /ɡəˈzʌmps/ 🔊past simple gazumped BrE /ɡəˈzʌmpt/ 🔊 NAmE /ɡəˈzʌmpt/ 🔊past participle gazumped BrE /ɡəˈzʌmpt/ 🔊 NAmE /ɡəˈzʌmpt/ 🔊 -ing form gazumping BrE /ɡəˈzʌmpɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ɡəˈzʌmpɪŋ/ 🔊 [usually passive] ~ sb (BrE) when sb who has made an offer to pay a particular price for a house and who has had this offer accepted is gazumped, their offer is no longer accepted by the person selling the house, because sb else has made a higher offer （房价议定后因有人出价更高而向买主）食言毁约▸ gaz·ump·ing BrE /ɡəˈzʌmpɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ɡəˈzʌmpɪŋ/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]  ➡  compare gazunder