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lowball

[ loh-bawl ]

noun

  1. Cards. a game of draw poker in which the player having the lowest-ranking hand wins the pot.


verb (used with object)

  1. to deliberately estimate a lower low price for (a service or merchandise) than one intends to charge:

    to lowball the cost of a move.

  2. to give a false estimate or bid for.

verb (used without object)

  1. to engage in lowballing.

adjective

  1. engaged in or characteristic of lowballing:

    a lowball bid.

lowball

/ ˈəʊˌɔː /

noun

  1. a game of poker in which the player with the lowest hand wins
    1. a very low estimate or offer
    2. ( as modifier )

      a lowball bid

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to make a very low estimate or offer for (a service, product, company, etc)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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O’Brien even lobbed a few lowball jokes about AI and Amazon into the crowd, but nothing that left the audience doubled over in laughter.

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The masses are eager to see their favorite starlet shine bright again, and it’s time to pursue a project that isn’t tailor-made for Jimmy Fallon’s lowball questions and dated references.

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“They didn’t really haggle too much with me or try to start lowballing me at the beginning,” he said.

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He accused New York Attorney General Letitia James, an elected Democrat, of targeting him in a lawsuit to further her political career and accused Engoron of lowballing the value of his properties.

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The alleged bribe – a free parking spot for the Interior Ministry official in return for a lowball valuation of some state land – appears modest.

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