price-fixing charge
1price-fixing — ˈprice ˌfixing noun [uncountable] 1. COMMERCE LAW when companies in an industry agree on the prices they will charge for something. This form of price fixing is done so that companies avoid competing with each other, and is normally illegal: •… …
2Price fixing — is an agreement between business competitors to sell the same product or service at the same price.In general, it is an agreement intended to ultimately push the price of a product as high as possible, leading to profits for all the sellers.… …
3price-fixing — price ,fixing noun uncount 1. ) an agreement between companies to charge the same price for a particular product, in order to keep the price high: Two leading airlines have been accused of price fixing. 2. ) PRICE CONTROL …
4price-fixing — UK / US noun [uncountable] business 1) an agreement between companies to charge the same price for a particular product, in order to keep the price high Two leading airlines have been accused of price fixing. 2) price control …
5price fixing — / praɪs ˌfɪksɪŋ/ noun an illegal agreement between companies to charge the same price for competing products …
6price fixing — / praɪs ˌfɪksɪŋ/ noun an illegal agreement between companies to charge the same price for competing products …
7DRAM price fixing — In 2002, the United States Department of Justice, under the Sherman Antitrust Act, began a probe into the activities of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) manufacturers.[citation needed] US computer makers, including Dell and Gateway, claimed… …
8horizontal price–fixing — horizontal price–fix·ing n: a generally illegal arrangement among competitors to charge the same price for an item compare vertical price fixing Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
9price — 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,… …
10price — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Something demanded in exchange Nouns 1. price, amount, cost, expense, prime cost, charge, figure, demand; fare, hire, bill, tab, rental; overhead, carrying charge or cost; rent charge, rackrent,… …