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lowball

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low-ball or low·ball (lbôl)
tr.v. low-balled, low-bal·ling, 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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Verb1.lowballlowball - 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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Clearly among the chief dynamics: homeowners who may want to sell but are unwilling to accept lowball offers from buyers and are sitting tight--if they can.
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