price support
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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How to use price support in a sentence
It didn’t hurt that they often received the government price supports designed for smaller family farms.
How the Supermarket Helped America Win the Cold War (Ep. 386 Rebroadcast) | Stephen J. Dubner | August 6, 2020 | Freakonomics[Sen. Mark] Kirk is one of three senators leading a push to reduce price-support levels for sugar.
The present price support program must be reexamined and modernized.
State of the Union Addresses of Harry S. Truman | Harry S. TrumanOur price support legislation must be adapted to these objectives.
State of the Union Addresses of Harry S. Truman | Harry S. TrumanThis price-support legislation will expire at the end of 1954.
British Dictionary definitions for price support
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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