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price fixing

or price-fixing

noun

  1. the establishing of prices at a determined level, either by a government or by mutual consent among producers or sellers of a commodity.


price-fixing

noun

  1. the setting of prices by agreement among producers and distributors


price fixing

  1. Any usually unlawful practice by which producers of a commodity act together to obtain an artificially high price.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of price fixing1

First recorded in 1945–50

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Example Sentences

"The price-fixing agreements were practiced over many years," said Andreas Mund of the Federal Cartel Office.

Moreover, this price fixing is not just a recent phenomenon.

There have been rumors about oil price fixing for decades, as well speculation about silver and Brent crude.

But the price fixing has been recorded back as far as 2005 and The Economist reports these practices go back at least 15 years.

The U.S. Department of Justice today filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple and the five publishers, alleging price fixing.

What are the evidences that price fixing is essentially involved in the program of the Food Administration?

Mr. Brookings was later placed in charge of price fixing and Judge Parker in charge of priorities.

Undaunted by failure in its first attempt to cope with the situation, the General Assembly made several attempts at price fixing.

The control of an entire species of goods gives price-fixing power, limited only by substitution of goods.

Indeed, this is admitted by the more reasonable advocates of the regulation and price-fixing policy.

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