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price support

noun

Definition of PRICE SUPPORT

: artificial maintenance of prices (as of a raw material) at some predetermined level usually through government action

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First Known Use of PRICE SUPPORT

1945

Rhymes with PRICE SUPPORT

bladderwort, butterwort, davenport, heliport, hold the fort, life-support, liverwort, moneywort, nonsupport, on report, pennywort, Saint-John's-wort, sally port, self-report, self-support, spiderwort, teleport, treaty port, ultrashort, worrywart

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