price-cut

American  

[prahys-kuht] / ˈpraɪsˌkʌt /

verb (used with object)

price-cut, price-cutting

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

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Other Word Forms

• price-cutter
  noun

Etymology

Origin of price-cut

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

In line with that legislation, one element of Lilly’s price-cut announcement is a cap of $35 per month on out-of-pocket charges for insured customers.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2023

John Young, president of Pfizer’s essential health group, said the price-cut deal differs from Pfizer’s charitable donations, like the 500 million antibiotics doses it provided to help eliminate the eye disease trachoma.

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2017

Among the items on the price-cut list: bananas, butter, crunchy almond butter, organic large brown eggs, responsibly farmed salmon and tilapia and organic Fuji apples.

From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2017

And with no price-cut in sight for the Wii U, both content and sales may struggle this holiday season, especially with so many games launching in 2014.

From Forbes • Jul. 9, 2013

It thinks that the price-cut is a fake and it sits around waiting for a real cut.

From My Life and Work by Ford, Henry