keep up prices

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• keep sth down — UK US keep sth down Phrasal Verb with keep({{}}/kiːp/ verb (kept, kept) ► to control the size or number of something and prevent it from increasing: »To have any chance against the competition, we need to keep our prices down …   Financial and business terms

• keep — [kiːp] verb kept PTandPP [kept] 1. [transitive] to store something that will be useful: • The Credit Reference Agency keeps files on individuals debt records. • You should keep a supply of forms. 2 …   Financial and business terms

• Keep Sunday Special — is a British campaign group set up in 1985 to oppose plans to introduce Sunday trading in the United Kingdom, although Scotland has no Sunday specific restrictions. It was continued on from the Lord s Day Observance Society. The earlier name… …   Wikipedia

• keep your powder dry — keep (your) powder dry to be ready to do something if necessary. We re not ready to start buying yet. We ll keep our powder dry until we think prices are as low as they ll go. Etymology: from the idea that gunpowder (= an explosive substance in… …   New idioms dictionary

• keep powder dry — keep (your) powder dry to be ready to do something if necessary. We re not ready to start buying yet. We ll keep our powder dry until we think prices are as low as they ll go. Etymology: from the idea that gunpowder (= an explosive substance in… …   New idioms dictionary

• Prices Commission — The Prices Commission was set up in the UK under the Counter Inflation Act 1973, alongside the Pay Board, in an attempt to control inflation. The Conservative government of Edward Heath, elected at the 1970 UK general election, had previously… …   Wikipedia

• keep — keepable, adj. keepability, n. /keep/, v., kept, keeping, n. v.t. 1. to hold or retain in one s possession; hold as one s own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change. 2. to hold or have the use of for a period of time: You can keep it for the… …   Universalium

• keep — v. & n. v. (past and past part. kept) 1 tr. have continuous charge of; retain possession of. 2 tr. (foll. by for) retain or reserve for a future occasion or time (will keep it for tomorrow). 3 tr. & intr. retain or remain in a specified condition …   Useful english dictionary

• keep down — verb 1. place a limit on the number of (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑number • Derivationally related forms: ↑number (for: ↑number) • Hypernyms: ↑limit, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• keep up — {v.} 1a. To go on; not stop; continue. * /The rain kept up for two days and the roads were flooded./ Compare: KEEP ON. 1b. To go on with (something); continue steadily; never stop. * /Mrs. Smith told John to keep up the good work./ * /The teacher …   Dictionary of American idioms

• keep up — {v.} 1a. To go on; not stop; continue. * /The rain kept up for two days and the roads were flooded./ Compare: KEEP ON. 1b. To go on with (something); continue steadily; never stop. * /Mrs. Smith told John to keep up the good work./ * /The teacher …   Dictionary of American idioms