Undercut
undercut (verb) - prevent a rival from being effective (by offering a lower price, for example), undermine a rival
undercut plans
undercut air fares
undercut competitors
undercut small shops
undercut by large suppliers
undercut and driven out of business
offered prices to undercut the sales of existing competitors
existing competition in the industry made it difficult for new entrants to undercut them
undercut trade
reduce costs to undercut rivals
enterprises being progressively undercut by international competition
stand to be progressively undercut by their international competitors in the long run
undercut the union monopoly in the labour market
using immigrants as cheap labour to undercut rates of pay
undercut the union's effort to improve wages and work conditions
undercut efforts to do something
undercut her ability to manipulate the nomination process
undercut authority
undercut sovereignty
undercut the legislature's power
undercut support for a political party
political support undercut by the latest developments
undercut status
undercut an agreement
establishment of a special rate for domestic coal in the 1850s enabled German mines to undercut British coal
because their beef can undercut German and Dutch competitors, they are eager to expand those markets
the country undercut its rivals by treating competitors in the worst possible way
legitimate companies have been continuously undercut by illegally operating dumpers
efforts to reach a larger audience undercut by increasing specialization
the new market leaders, in their turn, will eventually be undercut and have to move on
Example sentences:
* He says he undercut your prices and forced you out.
* With many firms, the firm that expands output will always be able to reduce costs and undercut its rivals.
* Images of passive men undercut then dominant images of aggressive he-man masculinity.
* You undercut too much.
* They undercut us on the deal!
* We have greater transportation costs but they were still able to undercut us with their low prices.
* But the company's still able to undercut the competitor by a sizeable margin.
* It was the climax of a long, and indeed largely popular, campaign by the government to undercut the union monopoly in the labour market.
* Popular support for the candidate would be undercut by the latest developments.
* If you know that employers are using immigrants as cheap labour, and that they're being used to undercut your rates of pay, you're going to be against that.
* Even Japan has given up the fight in some market areas where they used to be world leaders. Even the new industrial nations, the new market leaders, in their turn, will eventually be undercut and have to move on, but to what?
* The end of the agreement would lead to booksellers being undercut by large suppliers, and that many stockholding booksellers, notably the specialists, would be driven out of business.
* The country bore the massive burden of state subsidies and international debt repayments to create a ship building industry and then offered prices to undercut the sales of existing competitors.
* Others which have recently opened profitable outlets in Italy, Spain and France because their beef can undercut German and Dutch competitors, are eager to expand those markets.
* There may be industries within the national economy in which enterprises stand to be progressively undercut by their international competitors in the long run.
* This poses a problem similar to that of enterprises being progressively undercut by international competition but where long term protectionist measures are not justified: the best response may be to seek means of re-deploying the workers involved.
* The Department of the Environment (DoE) is to introduce tougher legislation to prevent the illegal dumping of waste after legitimate companies have been continuously undercut by illegally operating dumpers who deposit waste on unapproved sites.
* Prejudice became mixed with self concern, the belief that Asiatic crews would work for lower wages and in worse conditions than British, and so undercut the union's effort to improve wages and work conditions.
* The giant retailer is delighted by the prospect of going to market, although he's reluctant to undercut the small shops who for years have kept the organic vegetable movement going.
* Competition amongst producers of commercial PC software has made it difficult for shareware authors to significantly undercut them and still charge a worthwhile amount for their products.
* There is no doubt his departure will be a big blow to Mr Major, and will undercut his authority as he battles to push though much needed reforms.
* Iraq's rulers hope that an autonomy deal will undercut all plans for enclaves, large or small, within their borders.
* As revealed exclusively in TODAY, yesterday, the £100 million contract was awarded to multinational Alcatel after it undercut British firm Westinghouse.?
* The treaty would undercut German sovereignty by taking away powers from the German parliament.
* The company denied his authority is being undercut.
* The ability of party leaders to manipulate the nomination process had been substantially undercut, however, by party reform.
* Despite many attempts to establish acceptable modes of mutually intelligible professional literary language, such efforts had been undercut by increasing specialization and an at times impenetrable scholarly discourse.
* We may like to think that such changes enable the organisation to be more efficient and effective in achieving its goals and yet it may well be that such changes arise as a result of trying to satisfy an individual's political ambitions or to undercut the ambitions of a rival.?
* But establishment of a special rate for domestic coal in the 1850s enabled German mines to undercut British coal, and regular coal traffic from Upper Silesia and the Ruhr to Berlin and other big cities was established.
* Is not that why other Governments and employers across Europe understand well today that the Government are reneging on that and wish this country to undercut others by treating workers in the worst way possible.
* Continuing with his initiative to undercut support for the PKK by relaxing cultural restrictions, Özal allowed the Kurdish New Year to be openly celebrated on March 21.
* Mr Yeltsin flung himself into preparations for a plebiscite to undercut the legislature's power, amid fears that the country was descending into turmoil or even civil war.?
