unbundledadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈbʌndld/, U.S. /ˌənˈbənd(ə)ld/ 1. Designating or offered under a retailing system in which related goods or services are marketed or priced as individual items rather than invariably as part of a package or ‘bundle’.
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society > trade and finance > merchandise > [adjective] > merchandise packaging > without packaging
unbarrelled1482
in bulk1678
unpackaged1910
unwrapped1921
unbundled1973
1973 Bryan & Clark Unbundling 33 Unbundled pricing means that any particular customer is able to purchase products individually, a la carte, from his supplier.
1977 Business Week (Industr. ed.) 23 May 26/1 If that day of the ‘unbundled’ prices comes, many of the country's 20,000 small bank and thrift institutions will find the competition hard to deal with.
1979 Amer. Banker 18 June 8/4 The average consumer would be better off with an unbundled system under which he is paid a market rate of interest on his deposit.
1988 Austral. PC World 7 Mar. 18/1 Apple Australia quietly issued revised recommended retail prices on its Macintosh line in February... All systems are now sold unbundled.
2. Of a business or asset: no longer part of a conglomerate; separate, independent.
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society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [adjective] > other types of company
capitalless1837
merged1839
multinational1854
co-op1872
acquiring1880
syndicated1889
trustified1890
bottom-heavy1895
prospectusless1898
wholly-owned1906
semi-pro1908
not-for-profit1913
blue chip1924
mature1928
geared1930
liquid1930
footloose1939
monoline1958
boutique1968
greenfield1969
me-too1976
semi-professional1976
demerged1980
unbundled1980
multidomestic1982
unorganized1986
1980 Business Week (Industr. ed.) 11 Aug. 44/2 It will be at least two years before the new holding company, into which the unbundled properties are being placed, is ready to do business.
1982 National Jrnl. (U.S.) 14 Aug. 1430/2 The ex-Bell operating companies begin their new unbundled life with a raft of problems.
1989 Internat. Business Week 6 Mar. 37/3 Shearson..may attach voting rights, offer an additional 1% of each unbundled unit for every share of common being exchanged, [etc.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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