COMMERCEUStheactivityofbuyingthings, such astheatretickets, at theusualpriceand thensellingthem when they aredifficultto get athigherprices:Sellingticketsabovefacevalue-commonlycalled scalping - isprohibitedbystatelaw.FINANCEtheactivityofbuyingsmallquantitiesorshares,bonds, etc. and thensellingthemquicklyinorderto make asmallprofit(Definition ofscalpingfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofscalping
scalpingScalpingis a trading style where small price gaps created by the bid-ask spread are exploited by the speculator.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He started his criminal career byscalpingcinema tickets in the 1980s.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Tickets for the event sold out in seconds and caused an international uproar among fans and the ticketscalpingcommunity.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These restrictions are to prevent ticketscalping, as the tickets are the cheapest in the park.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/scalping##
