price fixing agreement
11price-fixing — /ˈpraɪs fɪksɪŋ/ (say pruys f1ksing) noun 1. the setting of a price, usually a high price, for a commodity or service by agreement between business competitors so as to increase their profits. 2. (in wartime) the action of a government which… …
12price fixing — noun (U) 1 a system in which the government sets the prices of things; price control 2 an agreement between producers and sellers of a product to fix its price at a high level …
13price fixing — / praɪs ˌfɪksɪŋ/ noun an illegal agreement between companies to charge the same price for competing products …
14price fixing — / praɪs ˌfɪksɪŋ/ noun an illegal agreement between companies to charge the same price for competing products …
15price fixing — The product of an unlawful combination where perfected by an agreement between manufacturers or dealers to maintain specified prices. 36 Am J1st Monop etc. § 7. See price control …
16price — I noun amount, appraisal, appraisement, charge, compensation, cost, disbursement, due, estimate, estimation, exaction, exchange value, expenditure, expense, fare, fee, figure, outlay, payment, premium, pretium, purchase money, quotation, rate,… …
17price´-fix´ing — price fixing, 1. the control of prices by a governmental agency. 2. an illegal agreement among several manufacturers to set a noncompetitive price on a product which they all make: »It was the first large scale criminal price fixing case against… …
18Price — n. & v. n. 1 a the amount of money or goods for which a thing is bought or sold. b value or worth (a pearl of great price; beyond price). 2 what is or must be given, done, sacrificed, etc., to obtain or achieve something. 3 the odds in betting… …
19price — n. & v. n. 1 a the amount of money or goods for which a thing is bought or sold. b value or worth (a pearl of great price; beyond price). 2 what is or must be given, done, sacrificed, etc., to obtain or achieve something. 3 the odds in betting… …
20price support — Synonyms and related words: TLC, aid, alimony, allotment, allowance, annuity, assistance, autarky, bimetallism, bounty, bread, care, daily bread, depletion allowance, dole, economic self sufficiency, economic support, endowment, fair trade, fair… …
