regratery

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman regraterie, corresponding to regrate +‎ -ery.

Noun

regratery (countable and uncountable, plural regrateries)

1. (obsolete) The act or practice of regrating; buying commodities in order to sell them. [14th–17th c.]
   • c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section III:

     Thei rychen þorw regraterye · and rentes hem buggen / With þat þe pore people · shulde put in here wombe.