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

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But the Canadian government is not obligated to take action on any of the recommendations by the Competition Bureau, an independent agency that investigates matters such as false advertising and price-fixing and gives advice to the federal authorities during company mergers. Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 21 June 2025 Berkeley city officials, tenant advocates and the Department of Justice have contended the software amounts to algorithmic price-fixing, according to Berkeleyside website. Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2025 The lawsuit alleged that Ningbo and some other companies had engaged in price-fixing for the U.S. market for consumer telescopes. Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025 The proposal essentially would prohibit landlords from using an algorithm that, critics allege, facilitates price-fixing and hikes up rent. Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 28 Apr. 2025 Related Articles Another California city bans ‘price-fixing’ software from RealPage to set rents LinkedIn buys Sunnyvale tech office for more than $70 million in cash Its shares slid about 6% as the markets opened in New York, leading a broad selloff in semiconductor firms from the US to Japan. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025 The Department of Justice under the Biden administration brought a suit against RealPage and a number of landlords, alleging that the software enables price-fixing through algorithmic coordination. James Broughel, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025 RealPage rejects the claims that it is involved in price-fixing. Kate Talerico, Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2025 These laws aim to curb anti-competitive behaviors, such as price-fixing, market allocation, and monopolistic mergers. John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 30 Jul. 2025.

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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