Definition of Price gouging

1. Noun. Pricing above the market price when no alternative retailer is available.

Generic synonyms: Pricing

Definition of Price gouging

1. Verb. (present participle of price gouge) ¹

2. Noun. The act of or an instance of charging services or pricing goods at unreasonably high prices. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Price Gouging

pribble
pribbles
price
price-controlled
price-earnings ratio
price-fixing
price-to-earnings ratio
price bracket
price competition
price control
price cut
price cutting
price fixing
price floor
price freeze
price gouging (current term)
price in
price increase
price index
price indices
price is right
price level
price list
price lists
price of admission
price of tea in China
price on one's head
price out of the market
price point
price reduction

Literary usage of Price gouging

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The California Electricity Crisis by James L. Sweeney (2002)
"Words and phrases such as "profiteering," "plunder," "unconscionable," "price gouging," "exorbitant profits," "market marauders," "pirate generators," ..."

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