lowball
Deliberately underquote price
Lowball means to offer or quote a price substantially below what something is worth or what someone expects: They lowballed us on the house offer.
The term comes from poker, where lowball is a game in which the lowest hand wins.
A lowball estimate or bid is deliberately understated, sometimes to win a contract or manipulate negotiations: The contractor lowballed to get the job, then hit us with change orders.
Estimate below true worth
- underquoteOffer lower price
- underpriceCharge below value
- discountReduced price offered
- markdownReduction in retail price
cheap · cut-rate · bargain-basement · wholesale · devalue · depreciate · knockdown · fire-sale
Estimate below true worth
- underrateJudge below true merit
- understateExpress with restraint
- downplayDiminish perceived importance
- minimizeReduce to smallest extent
misjudge · miscalculate · shortchange · undercount · underassess · underreport · undersell · sandbag
Dispute price persistently
- counterofferAlternative terms proposed back
- anchorSecures ships to seabed
- undercutSell cheaper than rivals
- bidOffer to purchase
bargain · compromise · concession · terms · deal · settlement · proposal · walkaway
Feigning weakness strategically
- bluffingDeceiving about one's position
- hustleEnergetic, aggressive action
- conArgument against
- scamDishonest money-making scheme
swindle · trick · ploy · gambit · manipulation · gamesmanship · subterfuge · chicanery
undervalue
Estimate below true worth
- underquoteOffer lower price
- underpriceCharge below value
- discountReduced price offered
markdown · cheap · cut-rate · bargain-basement · wholesale · devalue · depreciate · knockdown · fire-sale · clearance
undervalue
Estimate below true worth
- underrateJudge below true merit
- understateExpress with restraint
- downplayDiminish perceived importance
minimize · misjudge · miscalculate · shortchange · undercount · underassess · underreport · undersell · sandbag · hedge
haggle
Dispute price persistently
- counterofferAlternative terms proposed back
- anchorSecures ships to seabed
- undercutSell cheaper than rivals
bid · bargain · compromise · concession · terms · deal · settlement · proposal · walkaway · hardball
sandbagging
Feigning weakness strategically
scam · swindle · trick · ploy · gambit · manipulation · gamesmanship · subterfuge · chicanery · feint
tumbler
Flat-bottomed drinking vessel
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- barwareCocktail-making implements
- cocktailMixed alcoholic beverage
neat · double · highball · glassware · bourbon · scotch · stemless · drinkware
- auctionsauction, bidding, bid, auctioneer, auction house
- drinkscocktail, liquor, cocktails, martini, margarita
- negotiationbargaining, bargain, negotiate, mediation, compromise
- pokerblinds, all-in, all in, call, seven-card stud
- barbartender, bartending, mixologist, mixology, bar stool
- car salescar dealership, car dealerships, dealerships, dealer, auto dealership
lowballhighball
Spirit lengthened with mixer
overbid · overestimate · overprice · overvalue · inflate
- lowball estimate
- lowball offerIntentionally undervalued proposal