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- `loss ,leader noun count BUSINESSa product sold at a very low price to encourage customers to buy other products in the same store or products made by the same company
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.
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loss leader — ˈloss ˌleader noun [countable] 1. MARKETING a product or service that is sold at a loss, but that is intended to encourage people to buy other, profitable products or services: • Supermarkets sometimes sell bread as a loss leader to bring in… … Financial and business terms
loss-leader — lossˈ leader noun Something sold at a loss to attract other custom • • • Main Entry: ↑loss * * * ˈloss leader [loss leader loss leaders] noun an item that a shop/store sells at a very low price to attract customers … Useful english dictionary
loss leader — n. an article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers. Syn: drawing card, loss leader, leader. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
loss leader — loss lead·er n: something (as merchandise) sold at a loss in order to draw customers loss–leader adj Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
loss leader — loss leaders also loss leader N COUNT A loss leader is an item that is sold at such a low price that it makes a loss in the hope that customers will be attracted by it and buy other goods at the same shop … English dictionary
loss-leader — ► NOUN ▪ a product sold at a loss to attract customers … English terms dictionary
loss leader — loss .leader n a product that is sold at a very low price in order to attract customers into a shop … Dictionary of contemporary English
loss leader — ☆ loss leader n. any article that a store sells cheaply or below cost in order to attract customers … English World dictionary
Loss leader — A loss leader or leader [ [http://www.bartleby.com/61/46/L0084600.html Leader] , The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition , Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.] (also called a key value item in the United Kingdom) is a … Wikipedia
loss leader — noun a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers • Syn: ↑drawing card, ↑leader • Hypernyms: ↑feature * * * noun : an article sold at a loss in order to draw customers * * * loss leading, adj. a popular article that … Useful english dictionary
