UNDERCUT


Meaning of UNDERCUT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ʌndə(r)kʌt ]

( undercuts, undercutting)

Note: The form 'undercut' is used in the present tense and is also the past tense and past participle.

1.

If you undercut someone or undercut their prices, you sell a product more cheaply than they do. ( BUSINESS )

The firm will be able to undercut its competitors whilst still making a profit.

...promises to undercut air fares on some routes by 40 per cent...

VERB : V n , V n

2.

If your attempts to achieve something are undercut by something, that thing prevents your attempts from being effective.

Popular support would be undercut by political developments.

= undermine

VERB : usu passive , be V-ed

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