lowball

verb

low·​ball ˈlō-ˌbȯl 

lowballed; lowballing; lowballs

transitive verb

1

: to give (a customer) a deceptively low price or cost estimate

2

: to give a markedly or unfairly low offer

lowballed him in contract negotiations

lowball noun

Examples of lowball in a Sentence

It became clear that the contractor had lowballed us on the cost of materials.

Management lowballed him in contract negotiations.

Recent Examples on the Web

Or worse, lowball offers that don’t match the valuation. —Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025

That number was clearly lowballing it a little bit, as the car went 233 mph within months. —Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 27 Aug. 2025

Bishop Dyer, fka Baron Corbin in WWE, discusses with Jonathan Coachman how WWE Superstars can get paid or lowballed in their contracts. —Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025

The family lowballed her offer, with her brother saying her asking price would dig the company into unreasonable debt, The Courier Journal reported. —Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 8 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1957, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for lowball

• aldol
• armhole
• atoll
• awol
• backhaul
• banal
• baseball
• befall
• cabal
• catchall
• cecal
• centrale