UNDERSELL

undersell, undercut

(verb) sell cheaper than one’s competition

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

undersell (third-person singular simple present undersells, present participle underselling, simple past and past participle undersold)

To sell goods for a lower price than a competitor.

Synonym: undercut

To sell something for less than its value.

To put forward an idea, or to market a new product, with insufficient enthusiasm.

Source: Wiktionary


Un`der*sell", v. t.

Definition: To sell the same articles at a lower price than; to sell cheaper than.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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OBLIQUE

(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”


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