price-fixing

• Substantivo que designa a prática de estabelecer preços de bens ou serviços por meio de acordo entre produtores ou por regulação estatal, frequentemente no comércio entre países.

A noun referring to the practice of setting the price of a product or service through agreement among producers or by government regulation, often in interstate commerce.

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1. Illegal price agreementC1formallegal

   An agreement between competing businesses to set prices at a certain level, rather than allowing market forces to determine them, which is often illegal.

   Combinação de preços

   • The companies were fined for engaging in price-fixing.
   • Price-fixing is considered a violation of antitrust laws.
   • The investigation revealed a secret price-fixing scheme among the manufacturers.