Definition of price-sensitive in US English:
price-sensitive
adjectiveˈprīsˌsensədivˈpraɪsˌsɛnsədɪv
1Denoting a product whose sales are greatly influenced by its price.
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- He has steered his $1.5 billion portfolio into some of the most price-sensitive stocks in the business.
- Because continuing community college students are one of the most price-sensitive groups in higher education, they are more likely to stop out or drop out entirely when the cost of attending increases.
- In the extremely price-sensitive furniture industry, customers are typically wheedled into opening their wallets during ‘one day only!’
- Dealers say it was priced too high for the extremely price-sensitive Indian car market.
- He concluded that rich media markets and consumer electronics are helping drive unit growth, but revenues will not increase at the same rate due to price-sensitive application issues.
- 1.1 (of information) likely to affect share prices if it were made public.
secret, price-sensitive company information
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- Never before have we published such price-sensitive information.
- Nonetheless, he said listed companies have an obligation to ensure fair and even dissemination of price-sensitive information.
- According to London Stock Exchange regulations, directors cannot deal when they are in possession of price-sensitive information, or in the two months before an earnings' announcement.
- However, the establishment of proper investor and media relations is critical, and companies need to be mindful of corporate governance guidelines and the handling of price-sensitive information.
- The stock will remain suspended pending the release of price-sensitive information.