predatory

  • 31predatory incursion — index foray Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 32Predatory pricing — Competition law Basic concepts History of competition law Monopoly Coercive monopoly Natural monopoly …

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  • 33Predatory Lending — Unscrupulous actions carried out by a lender to entice, induce and/or assist a borrower in taking a mortgage that carries high fees, a high interest rate, strips the borrower of equity, or places the borrower in a lower credit rated loan to the… …

    Investment dictionary

  • 34Predatory Dumping — A type of anti competitive event in which foreign companies or governments price their products below market values in an attempt to drive out domestic competition. This may lead to conditions where one company has a monopoly in a certain product …

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  • 35Predatory Pricing — The act of setting prices low in an attempt to eliminate the competition. Predatory pricing is illegal under anti trust laws, as it makes markets more vulnerable to a monopoly. Companies may engage in a variety of activities that intend to drive… …

    Investment dictionary

  • 36predatory pricing — N UNCOUNT If a company practises predatory pricing, it charges a much lower price for its products or services than its competitors in order to force them out of the market. [BUSINESS] Predatory pricing by large supermarkets was threatening the… …

    English dictionary

  • 37predatory pricing strategy — 1) The pricing of goods or services at such a low level that other firms cannot compete and are forced to leave the market. While it has long been accepted that some firms resort to predatory pricing on occasions, the application of game theory… …

    Big dictionary of business and management

  • 38predatory pricing — As antitrust violation, consists of pricing below appropriate measure of cost for purpose of eliminating competitors in short run and reducing competition in long run. Cargill, Inc., v. Monfort of Colorado, 479 U.S. 104, 117, 107 S.Ct. 484, 493,… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 39predatory rapacious raptorial ravening vulturine vulturous — Aggressive Ag*gres sive, a. [Cf. F. agressif.] 1. Tending or disposed to aggress; having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of one s own ends at the expense of others or mindless of others needs or desires; characterized by… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 40predatory pricing — A sales *pricing policy intended to undercut competitors’ prices. Predatory pricing can be undertaken to achieve any or all of the following objectives: (i) to maintain or increase *market share, (ii) to drive competitors out of a *market, and… …

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