- lowball
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transitive verb
Date: 1957
1. to give (a customer) a deceptively low price or cost estimate
2. to give a markedly or unfairly low offer <lowballed him in contract negotiations> • lowball noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
lowball
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lowball — Ⅰ. lowball UK US /ˈləʊbɔːl/ adjective [before noun] US INFORMAL ► at a level that is unfairly low: lowball bid/offer/price »The board issued a statement to make it clear that they would not consider any lowball offers. Ⅱ. lowball UK US /ˈləʊbɔːl/ … Financial and business terms
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Lowball — The word Lowball can mean:*Lowball (poker) is a poker variant in which traditional hand values are reversed so that the lowest valued hand wins. *A class of alcoholic beverage, an unmixed drink served on ice or water in a short glass (a back… … Wikipedia
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lowball — 1. noun a) The position of the ball on an American railroad ball signal that indicated Stop. b) A form of poker in which the lowest ranking poker hand wins the pot. Usually the ace is the lowest ranking card, straights and flushes do not count… … Wiktionary
Lowball (poker) — Some forms of poker, often called lowball, sometimes called low poker, reward poor poker hands (in the traditional sense). There are four common variations on this idea, differing in whether aces are treated as high cards or low cards, and… … Wikipedia
lowball — noun Baseball a ball pitched so as to pass over the plate below knee level. ↘[as modifier] N. Amer. informal (of an estimate) unrealistically low. verb N. Amer. informal offer (someone) an unrealistically low bid or estimate … English new terms dictionary
lowball — low•ball [[t]ˈloʊˌbɔl[/t]] v. t. 1) cvb to deliberately estimate a lower price for than one intends to charge 2) to give a false estimate for • Etymology: 1965–70 … From formal English to slang
