underquotation
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]underquotation (countable and uncountable, plural underquotations)
- insufficient quotation
- 1977, Desmond Christopher Martin Platt, Business Imperialism, 1840-1930, page 148:
- Unscrupulous members offered special discounts, illegal rebates, and unauthorized underquotations to outflank their conference partners, and blamed their agents or 'invented' competition to justify these tactics.