persistent price discrimination. A monopolist’s systematic policy of obtaining different rates of return from different sales groupings.
price discrimination
price discrimination. The practice of offering identical or similar goods to different buyers at different prices when the costs of producing the goods are the same. • Price discrimination can violate antitrust laws if it reduces competition. It may be either direct, as when a seller charges different prices to different buyers, or indirect, as when a seller offers special concessions (such as favorable credit terms) to some but not all buyers. [Cases: Monopolies 17(2.9). C.J.S. Monopolies § 96.]