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price cutting

American  
Or price-cutting

noun

  1. selling an article at a price under the usual or advertised price.


Etymology

Origin of price cutting

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

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Aggressive price cutting helped Tesla beat analysts’ estimates for sales in the October to December quarter, but BYD did even better.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2024

“They fought their way to control by rebate and drawback, bribe and blackmail, espionage and price cutting, and perhaps more important, by ruthless, never slothful efficiency of organization.”

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2018

An excess of supply over demand is forcing the majority of the industry to resort to price cutting in order to put money in the tills.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2015

Entrepreneurs not focused on price cutting are, contrary to popular belief, unattractive to investors simply because high prices of anything invariably attract imitators. 

From Forbes • Feb. 2, 2015

It was to his interest to stimulate price cutting.

From El Diablo by Groesbeck, Dan Sayre

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