Lowballed

low-ball or low·ball (l

bôl

)

tr.v. low-balled or low·balled, low-bal·ling or low·bal·ling, low-balls or low·balls Slang

To underestimate or understate (a cost) deliberately: "He often took illegal cash payments from developers in return for . . . low-balling the cost of construction and renovation work" (Boston Globe).

[From the card game of the same name.]

low-ball adj.

lowball [ˈləʊˌbɔːl]

1. (Group Games / Card Games) a game of poker in which the player with the lowest hand wins

2. (Business / Commerce)

a. a very low estimate or offer

b. (as modifier) a lowball bid

vb (tr)

(Business / Commerce) to make a very low estimate or offer for (a service, product, company, etc.)

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Verb

lowball - make a deliberately low estimate; "The construction company wanted the contract badly and lowballed"

underestimate

estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge - judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"

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To the best of my knowledge, it supplies the entire France uranium need for its reactors generating electricity, perhaps the largest in the world[sic] … Meanwhile, sendai asked: “I lowballed a bid at 2.

Uranium One tumbles on Kazakhstan controversy by Buzz on the top Board / Stockhouse

Byline: Ken Harney Are lowballed valuation estimates on short sales and bank-owned foreclosures artificially depressing property values in neighborhoods across the country?

Ken Harney - Blaming broker appraisals by Harney, Ken / The Real Deal

“I’m a conservative person,” Settelmeyer said, “so I lowballed the number.

Goodbye hot cereal, hello corn flakes by Abigail Goldman / Las Vegas Sun

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