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low-ball or low·ball (l

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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.

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