lowballs
Offers insultingly little
Lowballs is the third-person singular of lowball, meaning to give a deceptively or unfairly low estimate, offer, or assessment: The insurance company lowballed us on the claim.
Someone who lowballs a job quote may be undercutting competitors or planning to add costs later.
The term comes from poker, where a lowball is a game in which the lowest hand wins.
Estimate below true worth
- underbidOffer lower price
- hagglingNegotiating a lower price
- counterofferAlternative terms proposed back
- bargainFavorable purchase price
discount · anchoring · markdown · markup · concession · compromise · deal · barter
Estimate below true worth
- misjudgeEvaluate incorrectly
- understateExpress with restraint
- downplayDiminish perceived importance
- underappreciateInsufficiently recognize merit
miscalculate · underassess · diminish · discount · overlook · disregard · undercount · underreport
undervalue
Estimate below true worth
- underbidOffer lower price
- hagglingNegotiating a lower price
- counterofferAlternative terms proposed back
bargain · discount · anchoring · markdown · markup · concession · compromise · deal · barter · dicker
undervalue
Estimate below true worth
- misjudgeEvaluate incorrectly
- understateExpress with restraint
- downplayDiminish perceived importance
underappreciate · miscalculate · underassess · diminish · discount · overlook · disregard · undercount · underreport · shortchange
whiskey
Oak-aged grain spirit
- tumblerFlat-bottomed drinking vessel
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- bourbonCorn-based American spirit
scotch · ice · neat · barware · double · single · highball · mixer · garnish · cocktail
belittle
To make something seem unimportant
disrespect · put-down · snub · dismiss · condescend · patronize · diminish · deprecate · brush-off · denigrate
lowballshighballs
Tall cocktails with mixer
overbids · overpays · overvalues · inflates · overestimates
- lowball estimate
- lowball offerIntentionally undervalued proposal