Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense undercuts, present participle undercuttinglanguage note: The form undercut is used in the present tense and is also the past tense and past participle.
1. verb
If you undercut someone or undercut their prices, you sell a product more cheaply than they do.
[business]
The firm will be able to undercut its competitors whilst still making a profit. [VERB noun]
...promises to undercut air fares on some routes by 40 per cent. [VERB noun]
Prices were undercut and profits collapsed. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: underprice, sell cheaply, sell at a loss, undersell More Synonyms of undercut
2. verb [usually passive]
If your attempts to achieve something are undercut by something, that thing prevents your attempts from being effective.
The appeal in Miller's pictures of Indian women is undercut at times by what theartist writes about them. [beVERB-ed]
Popular support would be undercut by political developments. [beVERB-ed]
Synonyms: weaken, undermine, subvert, threaten More Synonyms of undercut
More Synonyms of undercut
undercut in British English
verb (ˌʌndəˈkʌt, ˈʌndəˌkʌt)Word forms: -cuts, -cutting or -cut
1.
to charge less than (a competitor) in order to obtain trade
2.
to cut away the under part of (something)
3. sport
to hit (a ball) in such a way as to impart backspin
noun (ˈʌndəˌkʌt)
4.
the act or an instance of cutting underneath
5.
a part that is cut away underneath
6.
a tenderloin of beef, including the fillet
7. forestry, mainly US and Canadian
a notch cut in a tree trunk, to ensure a clean break in felling
8. sport
a stroke that imparts backspin to the ball
undercut in American English
(ˈʌndərˌkʌt; for v. ˌ ʌndərˈkʌt)
noun
1.
a.
a cut made below another so as to leave an overhang or concave profile
b.
the part cut out in this way
2. US
a notch cut in a tree below the level of the major cut and on the side to which the tree is to fall
3. British
a tenderloin or fillet of beef
4. Sport
the act or an instance of undercutting
adjective
5.
that is undercut
verb transitiveWord forms: ˌunderˈcut or ˌunderˈcutting
6.
to make an undercut (sense 1) undercut (sense 2) in
7.
to cut out the underpart of
8.
to undersell or work for lower wages than
9.
to weaken the position of; lessen the force or impact of; undermine
10. Sport
to strike (a ball) with an oblique downward motion, as in golf, or to chop with an underhand stroke, as in tennis, esp. so as to impart backspin
verb intransitive
11.
to undercut something or someone
undercut in Retail
(ʌndərkʌt)
Word forms: (present) undercuts, (past) undercut, (perfect) undercut, (progressive) undercutting
verb
(Retail: Pricing)
When a business undercuts its competitors, it charges less than its competitors to attract customers.
It increases market share with prices that consistently undercut the competition.
Buying direct from the winery usually means you pay full list price, as they don'twant to undercut their wholesale customers.
When a business undercuts its competitors, it charges less than its competitors to attract customers.
Examples of 'undercut' in a sentence
undercut
A deal was struck that meant that the parking firm could offer services only if it did not undercut prices at the airport car park.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We will close down loopholes in agency worker laws that allow firms to undercut directly employed staff.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He was continually undercut by firms using illegals and finally gave up last year.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Some shoppers will turn elsewhere because there normally will be a competitor who can undercut on price.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This is hardly surprising because these new services undercut existing providers.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Avoiding regulatory costs and national or local taxes in an effort to undercut existing providers.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Rising casualties and the financial burden have already undercut public support for the war elsewhere.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
You undercut the shop price but can build bids quickly.
The Sun (2012)
Smaller suppliers would have a chance to undercut that price.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The scheme will dramatically undercut payday loan firms' hefty interest charges.
The Sun (2014)
King was sure that if costs were controlled, an internet business could undercut these charges.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The single biggest challenge for the artificial ice manufacturers was to find a way of undercutting the price of the "real frost product '.
Gavin Weightman THE FROZEN WATER TRADE (2002)
By moving into large-scale production, he was able to reduce prices and undercut the opposition.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Cheap foreign imports not only undercut British firms who have to abide by rigorous safety standards, but they can be very dangerous.
The Sun (2008)
It has been suggested that the ability of the Japanese to undercut European firms is derived from their widespread adoption of marginal pricing policies.
Tom Cannon Basic Marketing. Principles and Practice (1986)
Maybe that was true in some areas of casual employment, such as in the building trade, but few employers these days dared undercut existing wages.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
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In other languages
undercut
British English: undercut VERB
If you undercut someone or undercut their prices, you sell a product more cheaply than they do.
The firm will be able to undercut its competitors whilst still making a profit.
American English: undercut
Brazilian Portuguese: rebaixar os preços
Chinese: 以低于…的价格出售
European Spanish: vender más barato que
French: battre sur les prixN
German: unterbieten
Italian: vendere a prezzo inferiore
Japanese: 安く売る
Korean: ~보다 가격을 내리다
European Portuguese: baixar os preços
Latin American Spanish: vender más barato que
1 (verb)
Definition
to charge less than a competitor in order to obtain trade
The firm will be able to undercut its competitors.
Synonyms
charge less than
undersell
underbid
charge a lower price than
2 (verb)
Prices were undercut and profits collapsed.
Synonyms
underprice
sell cheaply
sell at a loss
undersell
sacrifice
undercharge
3 (verb)
Definition
to undermine or render less effective
Popular support would be undercut by political developments.
Synonyms
weaken
Her opponents believe that her authority has been fatally weakened.
undermine
This will undermine their chances of success.
subvert
an alleged plot to subvert the state
threaten
impair
The bright sunshine was impairing my vision.
debilitate
Fear threatened to debilitate me.
4 (verb)
Definition
to cut away the under part of something
Synonyms
cut away
mine
not enough coal to be mined economically
undermine
cut out
excavate
A team of archaeologists is excavating the site.
hollow out
gouge out
Additional synonyms
in the sense of debilitate
Definition
to make gradually weaker
Fear threatened to debilitate me.
Synonyms
weaken,
exhaust,
wear out,
sap,
incapacitate,
prostrate,
enfeeble,
enervate,
devitalize
in the sense of excavate
Definition
to make a hole in something by digging into it or hollowing it out
A team of archaeologists is excavating the site.
Synonyms
dig up,
mine,
dig,
tunnel,
scoop,
cut,
hollow,
trench,
burrow,
quarry,
delve,
gouge
in the sense of impair
Definition
to damage or weaken in strength or quality
The bright sunshine was impairing my vision.
Synonyms
worsen,
reduce,
damage,
injure,
harm,
mar,
undermine,
weaken,
spoil,
diminish,
decrease,
blunt,
deteriorate,
lessen,
hinder,
debilitate,
vitiate,
enfeeble,
enervate
Nearby words of
undercut
underclothes
undercover
undercurrent
undercut
underdeveloped
underdog
underestimate
Synonyms of 'undercut'
undercut
Explore 'undercut' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of mine
Definition
to dig minerals from the ground
not enough coal to be mined economically
Synonyms
dig up,
extract,
quarry,
unearth,
delve,
excavate,
hew,
dig for
in the sense of subvert
Definition
to bring about the downfall of (something existing by a system of law, such as a government)
an alleged plot to subvert the state
Synonyms
overturn,
destroy,
undermine,
upset,
ruin,
wreck,
demolish,
sabotage
in the sense of undermine
Definition
to weaken gradually or insidiously
This will undermine their chances of success.
Synonyms
damage,
weaken,
threaten,
hurt,
injure,
impair,
sap,
put the kibosh on (informal),
throw a spanner in the works of (British, informal)
in the sense of undersell
Definition
to sell at a price lower than that of another seller