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单词 price fixing
释义
price fixing
noun[U]
business,finance & economicsspecialized
uk
/ˈpraɪs ˌfɪk.sɪŋ/us
/ˈpraɪs ˌfɪk.sɪŋ/
anagreementthat is usually notlegal, in whichcompaniesallsellgoodsat aparticularpriceinordertokeeppriceshigh
不同公司之间（非法）制定统一价格以求保持高价
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Costing too much
  • a bottomless pitidiom
  • bottomless
  • capital intensive
  • cheap
  • cheap at half the priceidiom
  • cost an arm and a leg/a small fortuneidiom
  • costsomeonea pretty pennyidiom
  • costsomeonedearidiom
  • daylight robbery
  • dear
  • exorbitant
  • gouge
  • non-competitive
  • outprice
  • pretty
  • pricesomeoneout
  • priceyourselfout of the marketidiom
  • prohibitive
  • prohibitively
  • sight
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(Definition ofprice fixingfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

price-fixing| Business English

price-fixing
noun[U]
uk
us
ECONOMICS,COMMERCE
anillegalagreementbetween two or morecompaniesabout what they willchargetheircustomers:
TheEuropeanCommissionisinvestigatingallegationsofairlinefareprice-fixing.
(Definition ofprice-fixingfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprice fixing

price fixing
Markets at all levels appear to be reasonably competitive, and there was no evidence ofpricefixing.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In spite of the change in official purpose, the policy settings were little changed with a plethora of stabilization,pricefixing, import protection, orderly marketing and other schemes in place.
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A new set ofprice-fixingcommissions were introduced to establish maximum prices for all items supplied or controlled by the state.
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It would be as great a mistake to argue that by the use of theirprice-fixingpowers they can impose prices which are commercially unsound.
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The remedy for that state of affairs was theprice-fixingarrangement, which prevented people deliberately going into a locality to undersell the private trader.
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We are now asked to provide the money for the necessary machinery to do thisprice-fixing.
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We hear a lot aboutprice-fixingbeing likely to raise the price of coal to the consumer.
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That is not the right atmosphere in which complicated technical problems likeprice-fixingshould be considered.
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Other services are already being contemplated under the shelter of thisprice-fixingagreement.
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There will be discussions on changes in the common agricultural policy in the context of the 1981price-fixingand the budget restructuring exercise.
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These things you have to have control of, possession of, and not merely an umbrella ofprice-fixingorders.
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The difficulties of the present agriculturalprice-fixingnegotiation merely add to the vital necessity of achieving proper discipline.
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Theprice-fixinghas actually saved money this year, but we shall, of course, be scrutinising proposals for possible savings.
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They were looking forward, war or no war, to aprice-fixingscheme above all things.
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In every sphere of control, or regulation, orprice-fixingit is essential to bear in mind that the first necessity is production.
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