English Dictionary

price gouging

名詞

不可算名詞 通常

(business, economics) The act of or an instance of charging services or pricing goods at unreasonably high prices.

日本語の意味

サービスや商品の料金・価格を不当に高く設定する行為 / 不当に高い料金や価格を請求すること

During the hurricane, some suppliers were accused of price gouging when they raised water and fuel costs by several hundred percent.

ハリケーンの際、一部の業者は水や燃料の価格を数百パーセント引き上げたことで価格のつり上げを非難されました。

意味（1）

(business, economics) The act of or an instance of charging services or pricing goods at unreasonably high prices.

The farmers aren't really guilty of price gouging, but they are trying to recoup some of their losses from the flooding earlier this spring.

price gougings （ plural ）