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price-cut

[ prahys-kuht ]

/ ˈpraɪsˌkʌt /

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verb (used with object), price-cut, price-cut·ting.

to reduce the price of, especially to gain a competitive advantage.

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Choose the sentence that uses "rent" correctly.

No one wanted to rent the run-down house on the corner.

His rent was so loud that people the next block over could hear it.

I had rent the apartment from an eccentric old lady.

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Origin of price-cut

First recorded in 1920–25

OTHER WORDS FROM price-cut

price-cutter, noun

Words nearby price-cut

price, price break, Price Commission, price control, price controls, price-cut, price cutting, price discrimination, price-dividend ratio, price-earnings ratio, price fixing

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In this cockamamie get-rich scheme, would they all issue an apology if he cut a check?
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But in more middle-class and working-class neighborhoods, sessions are typically a fourth of that price.
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My understanding was that according to most Christian beliefs, being trans or gay was a sin, cut and dry.
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Crew members had to cut through the ice on the streets to get shots.
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If the "Y" Beach lot press their advantage they may cut off the enemy troops on the toe of the Peninsula.
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At the reserve bank they may borrow as a standing right and not as a favor which may be cut off.
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It occurred to him then, for the first time, that a third resource was open—he might cut the rope, and let the kite go free!
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My thought was to keep pushing in troops from "W" Beach until the enemy had fallen back to save themselves from being cut off.
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Levison's relations think he will cut up well at his death; Levison's relations are right.
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