declining price

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decline
noun[S or U]
uk
/dɪˈklaɪn/us
/dɪˈklaɪn/
when something becomes less in amount, importance, quality, ...
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price
noun[C]
uk
/praɪs/us
/praɪs/
the amount of money for which something ...
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(Definition ofdeclineandpricefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This grant, together with a relativelydecliningpricelevel and a wholly justified increased wage level, has led farmers to make huge strides in modernisation and in cutting costs.
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Some have contended that there should be adecliningpricefrom year to year in order to make it clear to the producer that this is not a permanent scheme.
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The revolt, prompted by thedecliningpriceof rubber, pitted rival traders against one another.
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The trade benefited greatly from thedecliningpriceof raw gold, from the 1880s onwards.
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Declining prices are generally not associated with rising demand.
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As a result of the declining prices, coffee producers were becoming increasingly marginalized.
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Cotton is an essential crop with irrigation, but faces declining prices at times on the world market.
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Potato farming was the biggest agricultural use of land until the 1870s, when depleted soil and declining prices caused a turn to dairying.
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Declining prices for natural gas in the early 21st century led to an increase in the number of natural gas power plants.
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Increased productivity in both agriculture and industry led to rapidly declining prices.
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This led to the over-production of cotton and tobacco (and thus to declining prices and decreased income), exhaustion of the soil, and increased poverty among both the landowners and tenants.
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