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单词 price fixing
释义

price fixing

or price-fixing


noun

the establishing of prices at a determined level, either by a government or by mutual consent among producers or sellers of a commodity.

Origin of price fixing

First recorded in 1945–50

Words nearby price fixing

price-cut, price cutting, price discrimination, price-dividend ratio, price-earnings ratio, price fixing, price gouging, price index, Price-Jones curve, price leadership, priceless
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Example sentences from the Web for price fixing

  • "The price-fixing agreements were practiced over many years," said Andreas Mund of the Federal Cartel Office.

    Germany’s Sausage Cartel is the Wurst|Nico Hines|July 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
  • What are the limits to the price-fixing and profit-earning powers of monopolies?

    Manual of References and Exercises in Economics|Frank A. Fetter
  • Indeed, this is admitted by the more reasonable advocates of the regulation and price-fixing policy.

    Distributive Justice|John A. (John Augustine) Ryan
  • But Hoover did not and does not believe in price-fixing or immediate government control of commerce where they can be avoided.

    Herbert Hoover|Vernon Kellogg

British Dictionary definitions for price fixing

price-fixing

noun

the setting of prices by agreement among producers and distributors
another name for price control, resale price maintenance
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for price fixing

price fixing

Any usually unlawful practice by which producers of a commodity act together to obtain an artificially high price.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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