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  • 101Price —   [praɪs],    1) Edward Reynolds, amerikanischer Schriftsteller, * Macon (N. C.) 1. 2. 1933; seit 1958 Professor für Englisch an der Duke University in Durham (N. C.); die meist in Prices Heimatstaat North Carolina angesiedelten Erzählungen… …

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  • 102price index — price .index n a list of particular goods and services and how much their prices change each month →↑retail price index …

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  • 103Price Chopper (Canada) — Price Chopper is a Canadian chain of discount food stores owned by Sobeys Inc.. It has several locations in Ontario, 1 in Manitoba, 8 in New Brunswick, 10 in Nova Scotia, 2 in Prince Edward Island, and 9 in Newfoundland. Price Chopper is not… …

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  • 104price ring — ➔ ring1 * * * price ring UK US noun [C] ► ECONOMICS a group of similar companies who agree to prices between them in order to increase profits and limit competition → Compare CARTEL(Cf. ↑cartel) …

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  • 105price-conscious — UK US adjective ► COMMERCE someone who is price conscious knows how much things cost and avoids buying things that are considered too expensive: »price conscious consumers/shoppers …

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  • 106price-dividend ratio — UK US noun [C] (ABBREVIATION PDR, P/D ratio) ► ACCOUNTING, FINANCE, STOCK MARKET the relationship between the present price of a share and the dividend in the previous year, used to compare the performance of companies: »All of these stocks have… …

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  • 107price fixing — price .fixing n [U] 1.) a system in which the government decides the prices of things = ↑price control 2.) an agreement between producers and sellers of a product to set its price at a high level …

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  • 108price war — price wars N COUNT If competing companies are involved in a price war, they each try to gain an advantage by lowering their prices as much as possible in order to sell more of their products and damage their competitors financially. Their loss… …

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  • 109Price Glacier — is a glacier 3.5 miles (6 km) long, flowing southwest to Cheapman Bay on the south side of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951 57, and named for Thomas Price, member of the SGS, 1955 56 …

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  • 110price-fixing — The organized setting of what the public will be charged for certain products or services agreed to by competitors in the marketplace in violation of the SHERMAN ANTI TRUST ACT (15 U.S.C.A. § 1 et seq.). Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of… …

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