noun
1. : artificial maintenance of prices (as of a particular raw material) at some predetermined level usually through government action
2. : an amount paid out in purchases or loans by which a price is maintained
noun
1. : artificial maintenance of prices (as of a particular raw material) at some predetermined level usually through government action
2. : an amount paid out in purchases or loans by which a price is maintained
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012