price out of the market

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.94 in modern English

Syllables: price out of the -mar-ket
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Meaning

verb

To charge an exorbitant price for a service or product so that no one will purchase it.

Intransitive verb

verb

To force competition out of business by offering lower or discount prices.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"He's pricing out of the market, asking for $100,000 for that shack!"
"Supermarkets are trying to price farmers' markets out of the market by offering lower prices."

Etymology

Usage began in the first half of the 1900s.

Usage

Inflected Forms

prices out of the market (present, singular) pricing out of the market (participle, present) priced out of the market (participle, past) priced out of the market (past)

Phrases

corner the market

Frequently Paired Words

corner the market

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What does price out of the market mean?

To charge an exorbitant price for a service or product so that no one will purchase it.

Where does price out of the market come from?

Usage began in the first half of the 1900s.

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