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test marketing

British  

noun

  1. the use of a representative segment of a total market for experimental purposes, as to test a new product about to be launched or a price change

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Our pricing strategy hasn’t been finalized, but test marketing at $2 million a ship has proven popular, despite challenges with money transfers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Southern Jet, a charter jet company in Boca Raton, Fla., recently sent out a limited test marketing email with the tag line: “Avoid coronavirus by flying private … Request a quote today!”

From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2020

Dinner table discussions for the four Sullivan girls, recalls Morrison, were more likely to revolve around the discipline of test marketing than school gossip.

From BusinessWeek • Jun. 23, 2011

But after seven years of development at an estimated cost of more than $300 million and five months of test marketing, R.J.

From Time Magazine Archive

From the day General Motors began test marketing air bags in 1973, sales were flat.

From Time Magazine Archive

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