price support
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of price support
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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Graham Kerr said he anticipates the government-led stockpile—announced earlier this month and called Project Vault—will prioritize metals that have opaque markets and need price support to underpin new projects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
To protect millions of livelihoods, the government shields key crops like wheat, rice and dairy with import duties and price support.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2025
A backdrop of tight supplies in the U.S. provided further price support, with storage at Cushing, Oklahoma, the delivery point for U.S. crude futures, already at their lowest since July 2022.
From Reuters ● Sep. 29, 2023
The United States supports its dairy farmers with a complex price support system that is economically similar to Canada’s system of supply management.
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2018
This increase is due mainly to expenditures for purposes of price stabilization and price support resulting from the war food production program.
From State of the Union Address by Truman, Harry S.
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