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(publishing) A pricing system in which a supplier sets the price charged for their product by a reseller, with the reseller contractually positioned as an agent of the supplier rather than as an independent broker between supplier and consumer.
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(finance) The list price or sticker price of an item; the price without any discounts or incentives.
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(economics) The ability to influence the setting of prices or wages, usually arising from some sort of monopoly or monopsony position, or a non-equilibrium situation in the market.
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(finance) A cost that must be incurred by a new entrant into a market, but which does not apply to incumbents.
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(US) A grant of complete authority to spend an unlimited amount of money, or to take other actions without restraint.
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A stock or other investment that has a high price because of its perceived reliability.
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Of or pertaining to a blue chip investment.
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The price for which an item or service should be bought or sold, usually as related in a printed collection of prices for similar items or services.
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(business) An excess of supply over demand, leading to abnormally low prices.
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Synonym of psychological pricing
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The minimum price of a good or service that would result in zero quantity being demanded.
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(economics) To equate the supply of traded goods with the demand, so that there is no excess.
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A person who comparison-shops.
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The act of comparing prices of something in advance before shopping for the best bargain
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The amount by which prices for future delivery are higher than prices for near delivery.
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(transitive, ditransitive) To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price.
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Alternative spelling of cost-benefit analysis [(finance, economics) A methodology to help appraise or assess the case for a project or proposal, by estimating the net cost or benefit of the project of proposal.]
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(accounting, management) A division or project of an organization to which costs can be specifically allocated.
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(UK, accounting, management) Alternative form of cost center [(accounting, management) A division or project of an organization to which costs can be specifically allocated.]
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(transitive with to) To be expensive.
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Any of a series of usually arbitrary codes used by jewelers to communicate prices secretly.
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(accounting) Something to which costs are assigned; anything for which a separate measurement of cost is required.
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The average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life, especially of food, shelter and clothing.
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(finance) The amount paid by a trader for goods purchased.
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(transitive) to calculate the costs of something.
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Any comparison of costs and benefits.
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Describing an index or an increase in payment etc that is dependent upon the cost of living
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(UK dialectal) Temptation.
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(business) A process or program to design a product or service to an optimum cost to value ratio.
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(finance, accounting, business) A cost that can be directly attributed to a cost object (such as a particular project, facility, function, service, or product).
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(business) practice of adding hidden fees to a stated price
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The normal price, as opposed to a reduced price.
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(idiomatic) The current standard or usual price, rate, or salary for something.
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(economics) Theory that the price of an object is determined by irrational beliefs and expectations of market participants, rather than intrinsic value; i.e. that one can make money by buying something for the sole reason of selling it to some one else for a higher price.
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(retail) A retail price that is double the cost price; a markup of 100%.
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(business, marketing) A pricing method where the price is doubled at each level of distribution.
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(finance, of an asset) Easily sold or disposed of without losing value.
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(business) The retail selling price of an item, as recommended by the manufacturer or retail distributor, or as listed in a catalog.
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(economics) The increase in cost that accompanies a unit increase in output; the partial derivative of the cost function with respect to output.
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Alternative spelling of markup [The percentage or amount by which a seller hikes up his buy-in price when determining his selling price.]
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On restaurant menus, used to mean the price charged depends on the price of supplies, which may vary.
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(finance) The risk that the value of an investment will decrease due to moves in market factors.
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(economics) In a graph of expected return versus standard deviation, a hyperbola representing the efficient frontier if no risk-free asset is available.
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The percentage or amount by which a seller hikes up his buy-in price when determining his selling price.
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A percentage which a trader adds to the buy-in cost of goods in order to get the selling price.
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(economics) A cost incurred by a firm when it changes its prices.
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Manufacturer's recommended price.
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(finance) An increase in the price-earnings ratio, or multiple, of a stock or group of stocks.
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(economics) A competitive strategy in which firms deliberately don't engage in price reductions, but rather compete in advertising, quality, or design etc.
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(colloquial, business, of creating a work) With the hope of selling it, as opposed to on commission (for hire).
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(economics) The cost of an opportunity forgone (and the loss of the benefits that could be received from that opportunity); the most valuable forgone alternative.
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A pricing strategy where the price of a product is initially set low to rapidly reach a wide fraction of the market and initiate word of mouth.
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A scenario that can be found in market dominated by a monopoly firm which is able to charge each consumer different prices based on certain characteristics.
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(finance) A price level that may indicate market movement, being an average of significant prices (high, low, close) during a previous period.
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(business) price on request.
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(historical) The price at which oil companies offered to purchase oil from oil-producing governments, set by the oil companies and used to calculate the share of oil revenues that oil-producing countries would receive.
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(economics) A strategy of selling a good or service at a very low price so as to drive one's competitors out of business (at which point one can raise one's prices more freely).
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A governmental restriction on the prices that can be charged for goods and services in a market.
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A list of up-to-date prices of various commodities; a price list.
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(economics) To charge different prices to different categories of consumers.
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(business) An imposed lower limit on the price charged for goods or services.
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(business, economics) The act of or an instance of charging services or pricing goods at unreasonably high prices.
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(transitive) To include (the costs of a possible future event, especially a negative one) in an estimation of the total value of something.
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(economics) An index of the average market price of selected goods weighted according to certain criteria.
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A policy in which a shop / store sells every item at the same price as at its competitor, or even less.
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(transitive) To compute the total price of something.
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(marketing, chiefly US) A price, viewed as one of a number of prices for related retail goods.
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The range of prices of a certain product, service, security or commodity over a given period of time.
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(economics) A sign, attached to a commodity and concerning its price, that is intended to increase demand for it
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(business) A price-setting strategy in which a new product or service is offered at the highest practical price (to capture consumer surplus or exploit a monopolistic position), and that price is then lowered over time.
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The tag or sticker attached to a product, displaying its price.
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(transitive) To calculate the price or cost of, especially when a number of components must be taken into account.
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Alternative form of price current [A list of up-to-date prices of various commodities; a price list.]
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(marketing) The technique of offering goods or services at a range of separated price points so as to give the impression of a hierarchy of quality.
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Alternative form of price list [(business) A list of items for sale with their prices.]
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Alternative form of price point [(marketing, chiefly US) A price, viewed as one of a number of prices for related retail goods.]
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Alternative spelling of price tag [The tag or sticker attached to a product, displaying its price.]
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The act of setting a price.
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The cost of production, without regard to profit.
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Obsolete spelling of price [(transitive) To determine the monetary value of (an item); to put a price on.]
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(marketing) The setting of prices for goods and services in a way thought to have a psychological impact on the consumer. For example, an "odd price" that is slightly under a round number, such as $19.98, may be perceived as lower than it really is.
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(marketing, finance) A type of incentive offered to a purchaser which results in a decreased cost of goods or materials per unit when purchased in greater numbers.
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(UK, finance) In share valuation, the bid price plus 25% of the difference between the bid and offer prices.
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The act of setting a price.
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(commerce, transitive) To name the current price, notably of a financial security.
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A set price or charge for all examples of a given case, commodity, service etc.
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(colloquial) Retail price; full price; an abbreviated expression, meaning the full suggested price of a particular good or service, before any sale, discount, or other deal.
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(management, accounting) The price that customers pay for goods in stores.
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(finance) Risk-on, risk-off, a sharp distinction between market conditions dominated and not dominated by risk or volatility pricing of securities.
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the price at which something is offered for sale
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A standard amount of money to be received by a performer or writer, negotiated by a union.
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(economics, finance, idiomatic) An excess of demand over supply, leading to abnormally high prices; a market condition favoring the seller.
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(business) The price at which an item is actually sold.
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(business, countable) A price determined by this means.
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A pricing scheme for a product or service where a price range is set and the customer is charged based on where their financial resources fall within the range.
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(finance) Of a market: having more supply than demand; being a buyer's market.
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(business, finance) An investment involving higher-than-normal risk in order to obtain a higher-than-normal return.
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(commerce, finance) Available on the spot; for immediate payment or delivery.
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(trading, economics, finance) The difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another month of the same commodity.
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(marketing) A price displayed on or near merchandise indicating a price at which the merchandise is offered for sale.
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(finance) Describing the greatest price that can be paid for a portfolio such that its worth will be less or equal at a specified future time
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(economics) A pricing strategy in which a company sets the price of a product relative to an index value, with a time frame in which buyers can purchase the product for this price if the index-based price reaches an acceptable level. Usually the seller sets a minimum order size to qualify for the trigger price.
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A sales and marketing practice whereby the seller shows two prices, a normal price and a lower special discounted price, in order to attract customers by the apparent saving, but where the "normal" price is in fact a fiction, the goods having never actually been sold and/or offered at that price.
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(finance) Having a very short term of investment, typically less than a year
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The cost to acquire a unit of a good or service for a specific quantity that is purchased.
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(business, marketing) The use of unit prices.
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(finance, banking) A widely used measure of the risk of loss on a specific portfolio of financial assets. For a given portfolio, probability and time horizon, VaR is a threshold value such that the probability that the mark-to-market loss on the portfolio over the given time horizon exceeds this value (assuming normal markets and no trading) is the given probability level.
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(accounting) A cost that changes with the change in volume of activity of an organization.
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