price control

/praɪs kənˌtroʊl/
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Other forms: price controls

Definitions of price control
  1. noun
    restriction on maximum prices that is established and maintained by the government (as during periods of war or inflation)
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    the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.
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