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to beat the price1591
to beat the price, to beat the market, to beat the bargain: to endeavour to bring down the price, to chaffer for the lowest terms; to cheapen; = abate…
to run down1699
transitive. To cause (a price, cost, quantity, etc.) to decrease or diminish.