scalp
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/skælp/
/skælp/
Informal
- 1 (bileti) karaborsada satmak, karaborsacılık yapmak
Definition (English)
To buy tickets for a popular event and sell them again at a much higher price.
Example Sentences
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He was caught scalping tickets outside the stadium.Stadyumun önünde karaborsada bilet satarken yakalandı.
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Concert tickets were being scalped online for five times the price.Konser biletleri internette beş katı fiyata karaborsada satılıyordu.
Verb Forms Regular
Base
scalp
/skælp/
Past
scalped
/skælpt/
Participle
scalped
/skælpt/
Spelling rule
Add ‑edscalp → scalped
Fiilin sonuna -ed eklenir.
Same rule: work → worked · want → wanted · help → helped
Pronunciation of -ed
/t/worked
/d/played
/ɪd/wanted
Fiil sert (ötümsüz) bir ünsüzle, /p/ sesiyle bittiği için -ed /t/ okunur; yeni hece eklenmez. scalped /skælpt/
Synonyms
reselltout
Collocations
scalp ticketsticket scalpingbe scalped onlinescalp tickets outside a stadium