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price support

n.
Maintenance of prices, as of a raw material or commodity, at a certain level usually through public subsidy or government intervention.
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price support

n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) government maintenance of specified price levels at a minimum above market equilibrium by subsidy or by purchase of the market surplus at the guaranteed levels
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price′ support`


n.
the maintenance of the price of a commodity, product, etc., esp. by means of public subsidy or government purchase of surpluses.
[1945–50]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.price support - a government subsidy used to maintain prices at a certain level
subsidy - a grant paid by a government to an enterprise that benefits the public; "a subsidy for research in artificial intelligence"
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