selling an article at a price under the usual or advertised price
Also: price-cutting
Word origin
[1895–1900]This word is first recorded in the period 1895–1900. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Marxism, calling card, cutback, frame of reference, hit-and-run
Examples of 'price cutting' in a sentence
price cutting
Price cutting has hit profits at the big grocers.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Experts have questioned how effective the price-cutting will be.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Some fear that aggressive price-cutting would destroy profits without jump-starting sales.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He said price cutting had 'undermined the status of fashion for the consumer'.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Could the price-cutting supermarket chain become a dividend cutter too?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
This had sparked specula-tion of a price-cutting war.
The Sun (2007)
But even expensive brands are now joining the price cutting.
The Sun (2009)
Supermarkets also had a good quarter, despite constant talk of price-cutting.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The situation was made worse by some aggressive price-cutting by rival producers.