Bait and Switch
nounid
15145·updated May 18, 2026verified
a deceptive way of selling that involves advertising a product at a very low price in order to attract customers who are then persuaded to switch to a more expensive product
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Entity Type
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unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Bait and Switches
- possessive
- Bait and Switch's
- pluralpossessive
- Bait and Switches'
Framework definitions
- §1
- a deceptive way of selling that involves advertising a product at a very low price in order to attract customers who are then persuaded to switch to a more expensive product
- §1 · legacy_primary
- a deceptive way of selling that involves advertising a product at a very low price in order to attract customers who are then persuaded to switch to a more expensive productDR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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