price control

American  

noun

1. government regulation of prices by establishing maximum price levels for goods or services, as during a period of inflation.

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price control British  

noun

1. the establishment and maintenance of maximum price levels for basic goods and services by a government, esp during periods of war or inflation

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Etymology

Origin of price control

First recorded in 1910–15

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Example Sentences

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price control

Retailers like private-label products because they allow the chains to undercut competitors on price, control production and advertising costs, and deliver fatter margins, retail analysts say.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

The domestic auto industry consolidation could progress slowly due to price control and local governments’ usual preference to prevent large-scale bankruptcies, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Contrary to some objections, this isn’t a price control.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2025

"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

Certainly in the past eighteen months there has been no group which has fought any harder in support of the Government's price control program.

From State of the Union Address by Harry S. Truman

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