consumer price
121Price dispersion — In economics, price dispersion is variation in prices across sellers of the same item, holding fixed the item s characteristics. Price dispersion can be viewed as a measure of trading frictions (or, tautologically, as a violation of the law of… …
122Price-Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act — The Price Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act (commonly called the Price Anderson Act) is a United States federal law, first passed in 1957 and since renewed several times, which governs liability related issues for all non military nuclear …
123Consumer First Energy Act of 2008 — The Consumer First Energy Act of 2008[1] is a set of initiatives laid out by the US Democratic Party on Wednesday May 7, 2008. The plan was first mentioned by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on April 27, 2006.[citation needed] The initiative has been… …
124price index — n. a consumer; retail price index * * * [ praɪsˌɪndeks] retail price index a consumer …
125price ring — A group of firms in the same industry that have agreed amongst themselves to fix a minimum retail price for their competing products, thus forming a cartel Price rings are illegal in many countries unless they can be shown to be in the public… …
126consumer’s surplus — /kənˌsju:məz sɜ:pləs/ noun the difference between what a consumer is willing to pay for something and what he or she actually does pay for it ● When the brand manager realised how big the consumer’s surplus was she decided to raise the price of… …
127Price look-up code — PLU stickers with the number 4130 identifying them as Pink Lady apples (large) Price look up codes, commonly called PLU codes, PLU numbers, PLUs, produce codes, or produce labels, are identification numbers affixed to produce and other products… …
128consumer preference — The way in which consumers in a free market choose to divide their total expenditure in purchasing goods and services. Using a limited number of assumptions, an individual s preferences can be built up into a utility function (see consumer… …
