UNDERQUOTE

underquote

(verb) quote a price lower than that quoted by (another seller)

underquote

(verb) offer for sale at a price lower than the market price

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

underquote (third-person singular simple present underquotes, present participle underquoting, simple past and past participle underquoted)

(ambitransitive) To give a quotation that is too low, or is lower than that offered by others

Source: Wiktionary



RESET




Word of the Day

7 June 2025

PARSEC

(noun) a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.

coffee icon