price control
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of price control
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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What is understood by most economists, however, is that a federal rate cap would function as a price control for the consumer credit markets.
From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026
"If there is no supply and production, we will not achieve effective price control," Esteban Lazo Hernandez, the president of Cuba's parliament, said during a session earlier this week.
From Reuters • Jul. 22, 2023
The consensus among forecasters is that it will be roughly inflation-neutral; its first drug price control, a $35 monthly cap on insulin, does not start until next year.
From Washington Post • Oct. 22, 2022
That is behind an unprecedented shift in EU policy last week when the Iberian countries were allowed to propose their own price control mechanisms to tackle soaring energy costs across the continent.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2022
Among them were the first fishery statistics, the first licensing law, the first price control, the first diamond-back terrapin, the first conservation measures.
From The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia by Wharton, James
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