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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Underselling, vbl. n. [17th c. Eng. underselling (1672); Sellin(g vbl. n.] Undercutting (of another) by selling one's goods at a lower price. —1681 Fountainhall Decis. I 134.
Collectors … of customs should neither by themselves, nor by palliate interposed persons carry on a trade, yet the said Robert, to the underselling and discouraging of all merchants, drives a trade himself
