noun
price maker
Economics term for a firm or entity that can influence the market price of a good or service, as opposed to a price taker.
独占企業はプライスメーカーとして行動する。
A monopoly acts as a price maker.
Variant with interpunct; less common but seen in some texts.
A price taker must accept the market price; a price maker can influence it.
Loanword from English 'price maker'.