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negative option

negative option noun: a business practice in which a customer agrees to have goods or services provided automatically, and must either continue to pay for the service or specifically decline before being rebilled.

Noun

negative option (uncountable)

  1. (attributive, often) A business practice in which a customer agrees to have goods or services provided automatically, and must either continue to pay for the service or specifically decline before being rebilled.

Questions about negative option

What does negative option mean?
Negative option means a business practice in which a customer agrees to have goods or services provided automatically, and must either continue to pay for the service or specifically decline before being rebilled.
What part of speech is negative option?
Negative option is a noun.

Words near negative option in the dictionary

  1. negative Ned
  2. negative Neds
  3. negative Nellies
  4. negative Nelly
  5. negative numbers
  6. negative option
  7. negative painting
  8. negative paintings
  9. negative parliamentarism
  10. negative pickup
  11. negative pickups

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