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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

price gouging en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) The act of or an instance of charging services or pricing goods at unreasonably high prices.
    • The farmers aren't really guilty of price gouging, but they are trying to recoup some of their losses from the flooding earlier this spring.

Forms

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price gougings Number=Plur lexicographic

price gouging en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of price gouge
    form of price gouge

Relateds

excuseflation · profiteering · greedflation · market power · perfect competition

Translations (3)

de Wucher (act of or an instance of charging services or pricing goods at unreasonably high prices) · nl woeker (act of or an instance of charging services or pricing goods at unreasonably high prices) · es inflamiento de precios (act of or an instance of charging services or pricing goods at unreasonably high prices)