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price cutting

American  
Or price-cutting

noun

  1. selling an article at a price under the usual or advertised price.


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

Entrepreneurs not focused on price cutting are, contrary to popular belief, unattractive to investors simply because high prices of anything invariably attract imitators. 

From Forbes Feb. 2, 2015

It was to his interest to stimulate price cutting.

From El Diablo by Dan Sayre Groesbeck

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