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self-liquidator

self-liquidator noun: a special offer that covers the promoter's costs despite being presented as a discount.

Noun

self-liquidator (plural self-liquidators)

  1. A special offer that covers the promoter's costs despite being presented as a discount.
    • Self-liquidators were popular in the days of resale price maintenance, before the widespread development of retail discounting and mail order.2008, Roddy Mullin, Julian Cummins, Sales Promotion, page 237

Forms of self-liquidator

pluralself-liquidators

Origin of self-liquidator

From self- + liquidator.

Questions about self-liquidator

What does self-liquidator mean?
Self-liquidator means a special offer that covers the promoter's costs despite being presented as a discount.
What part of speech is self-liquidator?
Self-liquidator is a noun.
What is the plural of self-liquidator?
The plural of self-liquidator is self-liquidators.

Words near self-liquidator in the dictionary

  1. self-lies
  2. self-life
  3. self-limitation
  4. self-limited
  5. self-limiting
  6. self-liquidator
  7. self-liquidators
  8. self-loader
  9. self-loaders
  10. self-loading
  11. self-loading freight

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