lowball

verb

low·ball ˈlō-ˌbȯl

lowballed; lowballing; lowballs

transitive verb

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

: to give a markedly or unfairly low offer

lowballed him in contract negotiations

lowball noun

Example Sentences

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 The maps particularly lowball the chance of disaster in California, according to Matthew Eby, executive director of First Street Foundation, a risk analysis organization. —

Michael Phillis, Fortune, 20 Jan. 2023 The maps particularly lowball the chance of disaster in California, according to Matthew Eby, executive director of First Street Foundation, a risk analysis organization. —

Time, 21 Jan. 2023 The maps particularly lowball the chance of disaster in California, according to Matthew Eby, executive director of First Street Foundation, a risk analysis organization. —

Michael Phillis, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Jan. 2023 This would encourage drugmakers to cut off countries that lowball them. —

WSJ, 18 Sep. 2022 In a recession, companies are more reluctant to hire and often lowball their offers for talented workers. —

Serenity Gibbons, Forbes, 7 July 2022 See More

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