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乱売 (らんばい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
dumping ; fire-sale selling ; clearance sale
Refers to selling goods at excessively low prices, often to clear stock or undercut competitors. Can be used as a noun or with する as a transitive verb.
大おお 手て 企き 業ぎょう が 市し 場じょう を 独どく 占せん する ため に 商しょう 品ひん を 乱らん 売ばい し た 。
The large corporation dumped products to monopolize the market.
Similar words 投な げ 売う り 投げ売り also means selling at a loss or very cheaply, but often implies a more desperate or reckless selling, sometimes at a loss, while 乱売 focuses on the disorderly or excessive nature of the discounting.
特とく 売ばい 特売 is a special sale or bargain sale, usually a planned promotional event, whereas 乱売 suggests aggressive or chaotic price-cutting that may disrupt the market.
Etymology Compound of 乱 (ran, 'disorderly, reckless') and 売 (bai, 'selling'). The term emerged in modern business contexts to describe aggressive or chaotic discounting practices.
