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💸 Reselling for profit 🪓 Removing scalp
scalping

scalping

2 7.2
Buying tickets or other items and quickly reselling them at a higher price for profit
  • noun
  • /ˈskælpɪŋ/
  • US
translation icon : reventa
  • On the other hand, it's good for day trading and scalping, although profits are small (but the risk is very little).
  • ticket scalping

We'll keep this brief, but Newegg, when it was trying to combat scalping, originally started bundling GPU's together with motherboard CPUs other parts.

Examples

  • Most definitions of scalping that I saw stressed the amassing of large quantities of something and the quick turnaround of them for profit.

    Blog text (27)

  • I wanted to let you know that scalping tickets is history after the 25th.

    Just the Ticket (1998)

  • I'm not sure if it's fair to call it scalping.

    Blog text (27)

  • Scalping tickets is illegal.

    Mega Scorpions (2003)

  • MSI listed its own video cards for about two times MSRP, hence the scalping attribution that was assigned to this action.

  • We'll keep this brief, but Newegg, when it was trying to combat scalping, originally started bundling GPU's together with motherboard CPUs other parts.

    Gamers Nexus

  • Many fans were frustrated by the scalping of concert tickets, which often priced them out of attending.

  • The government has introduced new laws to combat the scalping of tickets for popular events.

  • Scalping has become a controversial issue, especially in cities with high demand for sports tickets.

Antonyms

holding
12 4.2

Keeping something that you have or control

How Profitable

arbitrage
  • Specialized
8 8.2
scalping
  • US
2 7.2
resale
21 3.2

Surface Forms

scalping singular
scalping plural

Morphology

scalping = scalp (opaque) = scalp + ing

Although the form is a regular '-ing' noun built on 'scalp', the ticket-reselling sense is a specialized figurative extension that is not predictable from the base verb for most learners.

Etymology

Scalping also means buying something to sell quickly at a higher price, and a helpful way to remember this is to think of scalp as taking a small 'cut' or piece for profit, so scalping is reselling fast to make that extra money.