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palming off

palming off noun: the act of misrepresenting a counterfeit product as the genuine article. Also the present participle and gerund of palm off.

Noun

palming off (uncountable)

  1. The act of misrepresenting a counterfeit product as the genuine article.
    • It is sufficient that the complainant is entitled to the custom—the good-will—of a business and that this good-will is injured or is about to be injured, by the palming off of the goods of another as his.1917, Harry Dwight Nims, The Law of Unfair Competition and Trade-Marks, page 27

Also used as

palming off is also the present participle and gerund of palm off.

Words formed from palming off

Questions about palming off

What does palming off mean?
Palming off means the act of misrepresenting a counterfeit product as the genuine article.
What part of speech is palming off?
Palming off is a noun.

Words near palming off in the dictionary

  1. palmin
  2. palmine
  3. palminerved
  4. palminess
  5. palming
  6. palming off
  7. palming out
  8. palmiped
  9. palmipede
  10. palmipedes
  11. palmipedous

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