price war

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [prahys wawr]
- /praɪs wɔr/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [prahys wawr]
- /praɪs wɔr/

Definitions of price war words

noun price war intensive competition, especially among retailers, in which prices are repeatedly cut in order to undersell competitors or sometimes to force smaller competitors out of business. 1
countable noun price war If competing companies are involved in a price war, they each try to gain an advantage by lowering their prices as much as possible in order to sell more of their products and damage their competitors financially. 0
noun price war a period of intense competition among enterprises, esp retail enterprises, in the same market, characterized by repeated price reductions rather than advertising, brand promotion, etc 0
noun price war a situation in which competitors selling a certain commodity successively lower prices, as to force one or more out of business 0
noun price war A price war is a period of intense competition between enterprises, especially retail enterprises operating in the same market, characterized by repeated price reductions. 0

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Origin of price war

First appearance:

before 1925

One of the 11% newest English words

First recorded in 1925-30

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Parts of speech for Price war

noun

adjective

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adverb

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preposition

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exclamation

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price war popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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