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单词 price-fixing
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Definition of price-fixing in English:

price-fixing

nounˈprʌɪsfɪksɪŋˈpraɪs ˌfɪksɪŋ
mass noun
  • A practice whereby rival companies come to an illicit agreement not to sell goods or services below a certain price.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A company spokesman says the quotes were taken out of context and the business is so competitive that price-fixing makes no sense.
    • Restrictive practices such as price-fixing agreements between competitors were often permitted providing they were not shown to be against the public interest.
    • A new law is expected to make price-fixing by big business cartels a criminal offence, meaning bosses could - in theory - receive a prison sentence.
    • The most serious forms of cartel identified by the authority were price-fixing, bid rigging and market sharing by competitors.
    • The cost of price-fixing is not really borne by the large corporate customer, but by all of society.

Definition of price-fixing in US English:

price-fixing

(also price fixing)
nounˈprīs ˌfiksiNGˈpraɪs ˌfɪksɪŋ
  • The maintaining of prices at a certain level by agreement between competing sellers.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The cost of price-fixing is not really borne by the large corporate customer, but by all of society.
    • A company spokesman says the quotes were taken out of context and the business is so competitive that price-fixing makes no sense.
    • A new law is expected to make price-fixing by big business cartels a criminal offence, meaning bosses could - in theory - receive a prison sentence.
    • Restrictive practices such as price-fixing agreements between competitors were often permitted providing they were not shown to be against the public interest.
    • The most serious forms of cartel identified by the authority were price-fixing, bid rigging and market sharing by competitors.
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