price support

noun

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

Examples of price support in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Redbord pointed to how this token was concentrated in a small number of hands and price support eroded gradually, instead of all at once. — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026

For about sixty-four years, by a combination of price supports and production controls, that association preserved the lives and livelihoods of small farmers. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

That bill can impact programs crucial to the agricultural sector, such as subsidized crop insurance, commodity price support and rural nutrition programs. — Justin Papp, CNBC, 30 July 2026

Fossil-fuel subsidies mostly appear as direct government support, including consumer price support and producer incentives such as tax breaks and other measures that help lower costs or encourage production. — Ingmar Rentzhog, Forbes.com, 7 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1927, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for price support

• abort
• airport
• alport
• athwart
• carport
• comport
• consort
• deport
• disport
• distort
• escort
• exhort