price discrimination

price discrimination definition - legal

n

The illegal charging of different prices to different persons for the identical or substantially similar goods or services. A violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act, price discrimination is also specifically addressed by the Clayton Act.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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