| 词汇 | price-fixing |
| 释义 | price fixing noun[ U ] business, finance & economics specializeduk /ˈpraɪs ˌfɪk.sɪŋ/ us /ˈpraɪs ˌfɪk.sɪŋ/ an agreement that is usually not legal, in which companies all sell goods at a particular price in order to keep prices high不同公司之间（非法）制定统一价格以求保持高价 Costing too much bottomless pit capital intensive cheap cheap at half the priceidiom cost an arm and a leg/a small fortuneidiom cost someone a pretty pennyidiom cost someone dearidiom costliness daylight robbery dear exorbitant gouge outprice pretty price someone out price yourself out of the marketidiom prohibitive prohibitively prohibitory sight price-fixing | Business Englishprice-fixing noun[ U ] ukus ECONOMICS, COMMERCE an illegal agreement between two or more companies about what they will charge their customers: The European Commission is investigating allegations of airline fare price-fixing. Examples of price fixingprice fixing Markets at all levels appear to be reasonably competitive, and there was no evidence of pricefixing. 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. A new set of price-fixing commissions were introduced to establish maximum prices for all items supplied or controlled by the state. It would be as great a mistake to argue that by the use of their price-fixing powers they can impose prices which are commercially unsound. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The remedy for that state of affairs was the price-fixing arrangement, which prevented people deliberately going into a locality to undersell the private trader. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are now asked to provide the money for the necessary machinery to do this price-fixing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We hear a lot about price-fixing being likely to raise the price of coal to the consumer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is not the right atmosphere in which complicated technical problems like price-fixing should be considered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Other services are already being contemplated under the shelter of this price-fixing agreement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There will be discussions on changes in the common agricultural policy in the context of the 1981 price-fixing and the budget restructuring exercise. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These things you have to have control of, possession of, and not merely an umbrella of price-fixing orders. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The difficulties of the present agricultural price-fixing negotiation merely add to the vital necessity of achieving proper discipline. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The price-fixing has actually saved money this year, but we shall, of course, be scrutinising proposals for possible savings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were looking forward, war or no war, to a price-fixing scheme above all things. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In every sphere of control, or regulation, or price-fixing it is essential to bear in mind that the first necessity is production. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of price fixing These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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