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UNDERQUOTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does underquote mean? 

UNDERQUOTE (verb)
  The verb UNDERQUOTE has 2 senses:

1. offer for sale at a price lower than the market priceplay

2. quote a price lower than that quoted by (another seller)play

  Familiarity information: UNDERQUOTE used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNDERQUOTE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they underquote  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it underquotes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: underquoted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: underquoted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: underquoting  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Offer for sale at a price lower than the market price

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "underquote" is one way to...):

price (determine the price of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


Sense 2

Meaning:

Quote a price lower than that quoted by (another seller)

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "underquote" is one way to...):

quote (name the price of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody


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