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Definition: Price Control |
Price ControlNoun1. Restriction on maximum prices that is established and maintained by the government (as during periods of war or inflation). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Price ControlSynonyms: Controls on prices, Limits on prices, Minimun prices set by the State, Price ceilings, Price setting by the State. (additional references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | India | Under this new policy, nearly the entire industry was freed from licensing constraints; the pricing policy was liberalized with high mark ups allowed for all categories of drugs under price control; the number of drugs under the price control was reduced from 370 to 166. The D&P industry in India has grown steadily over the years and is currently estimated at US $3.75 billion (traditional medicine US $0.75 billion and allopathic medicine US $3 billion). (references) |
Australia | As Australia is a free-market economy, there is little formal price control. (references) | |
Bulgaria | The 1997 amendment to the Regulation for Implementing the Law on Prices substantially decreased the number of items subject to limited price control. (references) | |
Political Economy | HONDURAS | Pricing Policy: Medicines are the only products under a formal price control regime. (references) |
INDIA | The Government of India is seeking to reduce the number of drugs under the Drug Price Control Order, but has made little headway in this regard. (references) | |
Trade | Switzerland | Import licenses are also required for certain products not subject to quotas, but which are covered by special regulations concerned with public health, plant health, quarantine (plants), veterinary regulations and regulations concerning the protection of species, safety measures, price control (for certain textile products), and measures for the protection of the Swiss economy and public morality. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | The critical situation makes continued rent control, price control, and priorities, allocations, and inventory controls absolutely essential. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | During those two periods we had OPA price control that the Congress gave us and War Labor Board wage controls. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Translations for "price control"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ضبط الأسعار. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | cenová kontrola. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | contrôle des prix. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | preiskontrolle. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | έλεγχοσ τιμών. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | calmiere dei prezzi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 物価統制 , 価 規制 (price regulation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぶっかとうせい, かかくきせい (price regulation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | icepray ontrolcay controle de preços. (various references) control de precios. (various references) priskontroll. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-e-i-l-n-o-o-p-r-r-t" | |
-2 letters: correction. | |
-3 letters: coprolite, incorrect, intercrop, necropoli. | |
-4 letters: coercion, concerti, concerto, coprince, cornicle, crocoite, entropic, inceptor, leprotic, leptonic, necrotic, pecorino, petrolic, plectron, pliotron, portlier, precinct, protonic, replicon, terpinol, tricolor, tricorne. | |
-5 letters: centric, cerotic, circler, circlet, cointer, colonic, colorer, conceit, concept, concert, control, coontie, copilot, cornice, cornier, coronel, coroner, coronet, correct, crocein, crocine, crooner, ectopic, entopic. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 72 69 63 65      43 6F 6E 74 72 6F 6C |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01110010 01101001 01100011 01100101 00100000 01000011 01101111 01101110 01110100 01110010 01101111 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P r i c e   C o n t r o l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0072 0069 0063 0065      0043 006F 006E 0074 0072 006F 006C |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5084756971237818086848178 |
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