Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for Price Commission. Search instead for price of admission.

Price Commission

British  

noun

  1. (in Britain) a commission established by the government in 1973 with authority to control prices as a measure against inflation. It was abolished in 1980

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Chairman Lynn Townsend voiced the hope that the Price Commission will allow some increases on '72 models, which came out during the freeze.

From Time Magazine Archive

Price Commission staff members are conferring with the Justice Department about ways of getting such damages repaid to consumers without forcing them to sue.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet, as Price Commission Chairman C. Jackson Grayson observes, inflation also burdens other segments of society; if inflation is to be checked, farmers, too, must sacrifice.

From Time Magazine Archive

What sort of people will Nixon choose for the crucial posts of "public" representatives on the Pay Board and Price Commission?

From Time Magazine Archive

Meanwhile, the Price Commission will do the same for prices and rents.

From Time Magazine Archive

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training