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  • 21Price 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… …

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  • 22Price ceiling — A price ceiling is a government imposed limit on how high a price can be charged on a product. For a price ceiling to be effective, it must differ from the free market price. In the graph at right, the supply and demand curves intersect to… …

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  • 23price — priceable, adj. /pruys/, n., v., priced, pricing. n. 1. the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale. 2. a sum offered for the capture of a person alive or dead: The authorities put a price… …

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  • 24Price — /pruys/, n. 1. Bruce, 1845 1903, U.S. architect. 2. (Edward) Reynolds, born 1933, U.S. novelist. 3. (Mary) Leontyne /lee euhn teen /, born 1927, U.S. soprano. 4. a male given name. * * * I Amount of money that has to be paid to acquire a given… …

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  • 25price 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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  • 26reduction*/*/ — [rɪˈdʌkʃ(ə)n] noun [C/U] the process or result of making something smaller or less in amount, size, price, importance etc a £50 reduction for all hotel guests[/ex] a dramatic reduction in the birth rate[/ex] • Words often used with reduction… …

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  • 27reduction — /rI dVkSFn/ noun 1 (C, U) the fact of something becoming or being made smaller (+ in): a slight reduction in the price of oil | strategies for noise reduction | make a reduction (=sell something more cheaply): We can make a reduction if you buy… …

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  • 28reduction — noun 1) a reduction in pollution Syn: lessening, lowering, decrease, diminution, fade out 2) a staff reduction Syn: cutback, cut, downsizing, scaling down, trimming, pruning, axing …

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  • 29Price markdown — A price markdown is a deliberate reduction in the selling price of retail merchandise. It is used to increase the velocity (rate of sale) of an article, typically for clearance at the end of a season, or to sell off obsolete merchandise at the… …

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  • 30price control — The control and regulation by the government, state, or federal, of the prices at which commodities may be marketed. Charles Uhden, Inc. v Greenough, 181 Wash 412, 43 P2d 983, 98 ALR 1181. Relieving farmers from unfavorable economic conditions by …

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