BLOCKBUSTING


Meaning of BLOCKBUSTING in English

n.

Pronunciation: -ti ŋ

Function: noun

Date: 1954

: profiteering by inducing property owners to sell hastily and often at a loss by appeals to fears of depressed values because of threatened minority encroachment and then reselling at inflated prices

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