| 单词 | cutting work |
| 释义 | > as lemmascutting work cutting work n. (see 1b.) cutting work b. The action of cutting down prices or underselling; also attributive, as cutting line, cutting work. (colloquial.) ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > [noun] > selling at lower or higher price overselling1583 undersellinga1687 cutting1851 society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [noun] > decline in prices > cutting prices cutting1851 rate-cutting1878 price-cutting1887 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 336/1 There is great competition in the trade, and much of what is called ‘cutting’, or one tradesman underselling another. 1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 425/1 A man started as a grocer in the same street, in the ‘cutting’ line, and I had to compete with him. 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 Mar. 2/1 This cutting work—competition gone mad I call it—is really a gigantic conspiracy against labour. < as lemmas |
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