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cream-skim

cream-skim verb: to provide a product or service only to high-value or low-cost customers, while disregarding clients that are less profitable for the company.

Verb

cream-skim (third-person singular simple present cream-skims, present participle cream-skimming, simple past and past participle cream-skimmed)

  1. (derogatory) To provide a product or service only to high-value or low-cost customers, while disregarding clients that are less profitable for the company.

Forms of cream-skim

third-person singular presentcream-skims
present participlecream-skimming
past participlecream-skimmed
pastcream-skimmed
alternative formcream skim

Questions about cream-skim

What does cream-skim mean?
Cream-skim means to provide a product or service only to high-value or low-cost customers, while disregarding clients that are less profitable for the company.
What part of speech is cream-skim?
Cream-skim is a verb.
What is the past tense of cream-skim?
The past tense of cream-skim is cream-skimmed.

Words near cream-skim in the dictionary

  1. cream-coloured swiftfoot
  2. cream-crackered
  3. cream-fruit
  4. cream-fruits
  5. cream-laid
  6. cream-skim
  7. cream-skimmed
  8. cream-skimming
  9. cream-skims
  10. creamable
  11. creambush

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