price control
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of price control
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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The domestic auto industry consolidation could progress slowly due to price control and local governments’ usual preference to prevent large-scale bankruptcies, they say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
They are franchise companies, with a degree of monopoly power and price control.
From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025
The consensus among forecasters is that it will be roughly inflation-neutral; its first drug price control, a $35 monthly cap on insulin, does not start until next year.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 22, 2022
But he added, as his colleagues have in recent remarks, that even if unemployment starts to rise more than expected, the Fed's focus will remain on price control.
From Reuters ● Sep. 8, 2022
Fearful that the price control program might be effectively nullified by injunctions, Congress provided for a special court and special procedures for contesting the validity of price regulations.
From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Corwin, Edward Samuel
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