price gouging

== English == === Noun === price gouging (usually uncountable, plural price gougings) (business, economics) The act of or an instance of charging services or pricing goods at unreasonably high prices. === Verb === price gouging present participle and gerund of price gouge ==== Usage notes ==== How one defines reasonable relies on the principles of market forces (factors that the market will bear), but the gouging concept recognizes egregious exceptions as being exploitative, with a polar example being the needless exploitation of people's basic needs (such as food, potable water, and medicines) during a natural disaster. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ====