Talk:forestaller

Late 18th century usage

Forestaller was certainly used in late 18th century English. Apparent meaning: a merchant who buys cerial grains and foodstuffs (called "corn" at the time) and then "not selling again in the same market within three months" There are 14 uses, as well as this quotation, in Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, pp. 532 of the Glasgow ed. (available online at WN, vol., 1 from the Collected Works of Adam Smith, Glasgow editiion. I have added a usage note to the article to reflect the part about "not selling again...in 3 mos." N2e 15:52, 4 March 2008 (UTC)