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price support

American  

noun

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

price support British  

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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Etymology

Origin of price support

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

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Graham Kerr said he anticipates the government-led stockpile—announced earlier this month and called Project Vault—will prioritize metals that have opaque markets and need price support to underpin new projects.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

A backdrop of tight supplies in the U.S. provided further price support, with storage at Cushing, Oklahoma, the delivery point for U.S. crude futures, already at their lowest since July 2022.

From Reuters • Sep. 29, 2023

The United States supports its dairy farmers with a complex price support system that is economically similar to Canada’s system of supply management.

From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2018

The analysis showed a pattern of bitcoin price support, Griffin said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2018

This increase is due mainly to expenditures for purposes of price stabilization and price support resulting from the war food production program.

From State of the Union Address by Truman, Harry S.

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