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

Examples of price-fixing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Listen to this article In May, the FBI executed a search warrant at the Atlanta offices of a major property management company as part of a two-year-old investigation into allegations of collusion and price-fixing among the owners of apartment buildings in several states. Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 5 July 2024 Plaintiffs in the case argued that the league was engaging in price-fixing because fans of a single team were not able to buy just that team’s games. Dade Hayes, Deadline, 27 June 2024 In a letter Thursday to Attorney General Merrick Garland and other officials, the Democrats said a recent Federal Trade Commission investigation into a high-profile merger uncovered evidence of price-fixing by oil executives that led to higher energy costs for American families and businesses. Matthew Daly, Fortune, 30 May 2024 Khan also hinted at what tech regulations may be coming down the pike, noting that the FTC and Justice Department are scrutinizing how companies potentially use algorithms for price-fixing. Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024 Homeowners and their attorneys argued in federal lawsuits across the nation that the decades-old practice of requiring sellers to post compensation offers for buyer agents amounted to price-fixing, keeping the 5-6% commission rate artificially high. Jeff Collins, Orange County Register, 26 Mar. 2024 In many cases—such as those relating to price-fixing and other blatantly anticompetitive agreements, or tying requirements of the sort employed by Microsoft with its Internet Explorer browser—these laws are adequate for the task. John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024 Fans take action Jennifer Kinder, a single mother and personal injury attorney from Dallas, Texas, represents more than 350 fellow Taylor Swift fans in separate lawsuits which accuse Ticketmaster and Live Nation of fraud, price-fixing and failing to protect fans from bots. Ash-Har Quraishi, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2024 Federal probes into price-fixing and labor practices in the wider US chicken industry have only added to the sector’s headaches. Gerson Freitas Jr., Fortune, 28 Jan. 2024

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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-fixing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/price-fixing. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.

Legal Definition

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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