loss-leading
- a word derived from loss leader.
Example Sentences
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But it’s clear that the days of loss-leading streaming prices and huge paydays for talent are over.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 12, 2025
This has already taken place in China, which recently released new regulations that regulate driver qualifications and ban loss-leading, whereby firms offered rides at prices below cost.
From Slate ● Aug. 9, 2016
That has been a commodity, loss-leading service for the investment banks ever since the dot-com bubble burst and Wall Street agreed, in theory, to erect a wall between its analysts and dealmakers.
From BusinessWeek ● Jan. 30, 2014
The extra media content is where Amazon can make money on the potentially loss-leading subsidised handset.
From Forbes ● Aug. 4, 2012
But though we all understand that these loss-leading divisions of media conglomerates need to keep their pipelines full, surely they can do better than this.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 14, 2010
