noun
- people who buy tickets to events and resell them at higher prices
- traders who buy and sell securities quickly for small profits
Usage: informal
Usage: finance
Examples
- Scalpers were selling concert tickets for three times the original price.
- The venue tried to prevent scalpers from buying large quantities of tickets.
- Many fans were frustrated by scalpers making tickets unaffordable.
- Online scalpers used bots to purchase tickets instantly.
- Stock market scalpers make dozens of trades per day.
- The scalpers waited outside the stadium hoping to make quick sales.