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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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``I guess there's this notion of low-balling a good hand until the guy raises you,'' the Van Nuys Democrat says.

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In this case, there's a second way that low-balling equipment costs fuels the upward spiral of cash rents, and it comes from the combination of two disparate sources, old iron and biotechnology.

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The 1999 agreements allowed the companies to each contribute $6 million or less to nonprofit "educational" foundations he established rather than pay fines that in one case could have totaled more than $2 billion for allegedly low-balling policyholders and engaging in other illegal tactics to minimize claims losses.

Garamendi appeals approval of quake deals. (Up Front) by Darmiento, Laurence / Los Angeles Business Journal

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