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Price Control

Definition: Price Control

Price Control

Noun

1. 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 Control

Synonyms: Controls on prices, Limits on prices, Minimun prices set by the State, Price ceilings, Price setting by the State. (additional references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Price Control

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Speeches: Price Control

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953The critical situation makes continued rent control, price control, and priorities, allocations, and inventory controls absolutely essential.

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969During 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.

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Modern Translation: Price Control

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

   

Portuguese

  

controle de preços. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

control de precios. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

priskontroll. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Price Control

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Price Control


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 72 69 63 65      43 6F 6E 74 72 6F 6C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01110010 01101001 01100011 01100101 00100000 01000011 01101111 01101110 01110100 01110010 01101111 01101100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#114 &#105 &#99 &#101 &#32 &#67 &#111 &#110 &#116 &#114 &#111 &#108

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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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Quotations: Speeches
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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