LOWBALL


Meaning of LOWBALL in English

I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

: a form of draw poker in which the lowest-ranking poker hand wins the pot, the ace being always the lowest-ranking card, straights and flushes not counting, and the best possible hand being A, 2, 3, 4, 5 regardless of suits

II. ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ transitive verb

: to give (a customer) a deceptively low price or cost estimate that one has no intention of honoring ; also : to make (as a cost estimate) deliberately and misleadingly low

• lowball noun

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.