below-cost price

noun [C] COMMERCE, MARKETING

Definition

› a price for a product or service that is less than the cost of producing it: A spokesman added that some competitors may well sell tickets at below-cost prices.

(Definition of below-cost price noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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