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price support

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noun
  1. the maintenance of the price of a commodity, product, etc., especially by means of a public subsidy or government purchase of surpluses.
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Origin of price support

First recorded in 1945–50
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Related Words

subsidyendowmentsubsidizationsubventionwrite-off

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Historical Examples

  • This price-support legislation will expire at the end of 1954.

    Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006

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British Dictionary definitions for price support

price support

noun
  1. government maintenance of specified price levels at a minimum above market equilibrium by subsidy or by purchase of the market surplus at the guaranteed levels
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