undercutting
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
undercut/ʌndəˈkʌt/
▶verb (undercuts, undercutting; past and past part. undercut)
- 1 offer goods or services at a lower price than (a competitor).
- 2 cut or wear away the part under (something, especially a cliff).
■ cut away material to leave (a carved design) in relief.
- 3 weaken; undermine.
- 4 Tennis strike (a ball) with backspin so that it bounces high on landing.
- 1 a space formed by the removal or absence of material from the lower part of something.
■ N. Amer. a notch cut in a tree trunk to guide its fall when felled.
- 2 Brit. the underside of a sirloin of beef.
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