price cutting
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of price cutting
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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As usual, Tesla’s sales consisted primarily of its Model 3 and Model Y vehicles, which have been made even more attractive by rounds of price cutting that have eaten into the company’s profit margins.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 2, 2023
“They fought their way to control by rebate and drawback, bribe and blackmail, espionage and price cutting, and perhaps more important, by ruthless, never slothful efficiency of organization.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2018
An excess of supply over demand is forcing the majority of the industry to resort to price cutting in order to put money in the tills.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2015
Euro zone private business activity expanded slower than expected in August, despite widespread price cutting.
From Reuters ● Aug. 21, 2014
Weakened by the struggle, unable to meet the competitive price cutting that was all but the universal business practice of the time, thousands of business houses closed their doors.
From The American Empire by Nearing, Scott
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