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UNDERQUOTE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does underquote mean?
• UNDERQUOTE (verb)
The verb UNDERQUOTE has 2 senses:
1. offer for sale at a price lower than the market price
2. quote a price lower than that quoted by (another seller)
Familiarity information: UNDERQUOTE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
... he / she / it underquotes Past simple: underquoted
Past participle: underquoted
-ing form: underquoting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Offer for sale at a price lower than the market price
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "underquote" is one way to...):
price (determine the price of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Quote a price lower than that quoted by (another seller)
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "underquote" is one way to...):
quote (name the price of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
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