price gouging

[ prahys-gou-jing ]

/ ˈpraɪs ˌgaʊ dʒɪŋ /

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noun

an act or instance of charging customers too high a price for goods or services, especially when demand is high and supplies are limited: The law prohibits price gouging during weather emergencies such as snowstorms.

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Origin of price gouging

First recorded in 1915–20

OTHER WORDS FROM price gouging

price gouge, price-gouge, verb (used with or without object)price goug·er, noun

Words nearby price gouging

price cutting, price discrimination, price-dividend ratio, price-earnings ratio, price fixing, price gouging, price index, price leadership, priceless, price list, price on one's head

How to use price gouging in a sentence

The company banned ads related to price gouging of important pandemic-related supplies like masks and hand sanitizer.
Can you believe we’re talking about in-person events?; Thursday’s daily brief|Henry Powderly|March 18, 2021|Search Engine Land
Regarding the pandemic, Google banned ads related to price gouging of important pandemic-related supplies like masks and hand sanitizer.
Google blocks 3.1 billion ads in a tumultuous 2020, says annual Ads Safety Report|Carolyn Lyden|March 17, 2021|Search Engine Land
Hotel prices in Texas are skyrocketing, but the reality is more complicated than price gouging.
What’s going on with hotel booking prices in Texas?|Terry Nguyen|February 18, 2021|Vox
Over the past few days, local news outlets and social media users have noticed extremely high booking prices on hotel sites as demand spikes, which could be an indication of price gouging.
What’s going on with hotel booking prices in Texas?|Terry Nguyen|February 18, 2021|Vox

We knew mask wearing was super important, but there were a lot of knockoff masks, misinformation, and price gouging happening.
This female-founded face mask brand had a wait-list of more than 40,000 customers|Rachel King|January 17, 2021|Fortune
But Uber's surges are not price gouging, as some have erroneously claimed.
In Defense of Uber’s Awful Sydney Surge Pricing|Olivia Nuzzi|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He protected coal miners on strike—and cracked down on price—gouging railroads.
100 Years of Right (And Left) Moves|Robert Shrum|March 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST