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  • 51cut-rate — cut′ rate′ adj. 1) offered at a reduced rate or price; inexpensive 2) offering goods or services at reduced prices • Etymology: 1900–05 …

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  • 52cut|back — «KUHT BAK», noun. 1. a reduction in quantity, number, or rate; curtailment: »a cutback in expenditures. The factory made a cutback in production when many of its orders were canceled. In spite of talk of cutbacks, defense spending still is headed …

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  • 53cut — ▪ I. cut cut 1 [kʌt] noun [countable] 1. a planned reduction in the amount or level of something: cut in • The chairman took an $800,000 cut in pay last year because of poor profits. • the president s programme of budget cuts …

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  • 54cut — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 hole/opening made by cutting ADJECTIVE ▪ clean, neat ▪ little, small ▪ long ▪ straight …

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  • 55Cut-out (recording industry) — The spines of eight CDs with cut out marks In the recording industry, a cut out refers to a deeply discounted or remaindered copy of an LP, cassette tape, Compact Disc, or other item. Contents 1 …

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  • 56price war — noun intense competition in which competitors cut retail prices to gain business • Syn: ↑price competition • Hypernyms: ↑competition * * * noun : a period of intensive industrial or commercial competition characterized by repeated price cutting… …

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  • 57price — price1 W1S1 [praıs] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: pris, from Latin pretium price, money ] 1.) [U and C] the amount of money you have to pay for something ▪ People are prepared to pay high prices for designer clothes. price of ▪ The… …

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  • 58price cutting — noun cutting the price of merchandise to one lower than the usual or advertised price (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑price cut • Hypernyms: ↑cut * * * selling an article at a price under the usual or advertised price. Also, price cutting. [1895 1900] * * *… …

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  • 59price — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ exorbitant, high, inflated, prohibitive, steep ▪ They charge exorbitant prices for their goods. ▪ The price of fuel is prohibitive …

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  • 60price — I n. 1) to fix, set a price 2) to hike (AE; colloq.), increase, mark up, raise prices 3) to freeze; hold down, keep down; maintain prices 4) to pay a price 5) to place, put a price on smt.; to quote a price 6) bring, command, fetch, get a price… …

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