price-fixing

noun

price-fix·​ing ˈprīs-ˌfik-siŋ How to pronounce price-fixing (audio)
: the setting of prices artificially (as by producers or government) contrary to free market operations

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That means when there is a cap on how long a college athlete can play, develop skills and earn money, that cap could be construed as price-fixing. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 24 Oct. 2025 Households and sole-proprietor businesses like farmers see price-fixing and similar collusion all around them. — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2025 The companies denied wrongdoing and paid tens of millions of dollars to settle lawsuits alleging price-fixing. — Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2025 However, Bonta argued that the examples surfaced in the lawsuit are substantial evidence of explicit price-fixing. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for price-fixing

Word History

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of price-fixing was in 1889

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price gouging
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price-fixing

noun
price-fix·​ing
ˈprīs-ˌfik-siŋ
: the usually illegal setting of prices artificially (as by producers) contrary to free market operations see also horizontal price-fixing, vertical price-fixing

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