price support
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price support
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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
government-set price floor designed to aid farmers or other producers of goods. For instance, the government sets a minimum price for sugar that it guarantees to sugar growers. If the market price drops below that level, the government makes up the difference.
See also parity price.
See also parity price.
| Price Spread, Price Range | |
| Price-To-Cash Flow Ratio, Price-Weighted Index |
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- Economics and Economic Theory - price supports: government payments, esp. to farmers, to maintain minimum prices by buying up surpluses
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