Definition of Price support

1. Noun. A government subsidy used to maintain prices at a certain level.

Generic synonyms: Subsidy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Price Support

price in
price increase
price index
price indices
price is right
price level
price list
price lists
price of admission
price of tea in China
price on one's head
price out of the market
price point
price reduction
price stability
price support (current term)
price tag
price tags
price up
price war
priceable
priced
priceite
priceless
pricelessly
pricelessness
pricelist
pricelists
pricepoint
pricepoints

Literary usage of Price support

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Agricultural Policies in Transition Economies: Trends in Policies and Supportby Centre for Co-operation with Non-members by Centre for Co-operation with Non-members (2002)
"... it is net of the market price support on domestically produced coarse grains and ... the market price support price gap, measured at the farmgate level. ..."

2. Foodgrain Supply, Distribution, and Consumption Policies Within a Dual by Raisuddin Ahmed (1979)
"A decision on the level of price support for rice, insofar as it requires a ... The price support policy involves government paddy procurement at a given ..."

3. The OECD Report on Regulatory Reform by Joanna R. Shelton (1997)
"A shift from market price support to direct payments would have substantial impacts ... As market price support is generally financed by consumers and not ..."

4. Agricultural Trade and Poverty: Making Policy Analysis Count by OECD. (2003)
"It provides an annual estimate of support accorded to producers as a result of government policies.7 A key element of the PSE is the market price support ..."

5. The OECD Report on Regulatory Reform by Joanna R. Shelton (1997)
"A shift from market price support to direct payments would have substantial impacts ... As market price support is generally financed by consumers and not ..."

6. Oecd Review of Agricultural Policies by SourceOECD (Online service) (2005)
"These contradictions led to a revision of price support practices. ... As a result, several important changes were made to the price support system in 1996: ..."

7. Agricultural Policies in Transition Economies: Trends in Policies and Supportby Centre for Co-operation with Non-members by Centre for Co-operation with Non-members (2002)
"... it is net of the market price support on domestically produced coarse grains and ... the market price support price gap, measured at the farmgate level. ..."

8. Foodgrain Supply, Distribution, and Consumption Policies Within a Dual by Raisuddin Ahmed (1979)
"A decision on the level of price support for rice, insofar as it requires a ... The price support policy involves government paddy procurement at a given ..."

9. The OECD Report on Regulatory Reform by Joanna R. Shelton (1997)
"A shift from market price support to direct payments would have substantial impacts ... As market price support is generally financed by consumers and not ..."

10. Agricultural Trade and Poverty: Making Policy Analysis Count by OECD. (2003)
"It provides an annual estimate of support accorded to producers as a result of government policies.7 A key element of the PSE is the market price support ..."

11. The OECD Report on Regulatory Reform by Joanna R. Shelton (1997)
"A shift from market price support to direct payments would have substantial impacts ... As market price support is generally financed by consumers and not ..."

12. Oecd Review of Agricultural Policies by SourceOECD (Online service) (2005)
"These contradictions led to a revision of price support practices. ... As a result, several important changes were made to the price support system in 1996: ..."

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