cream skim

A form of cream-skim — To provide a product or service only to high-value or low-cost customers, while disregarding clients that are less profitable for the company.

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Meanings

verbcream skim (third-person singular simple present cream skims, present participle cream skimming, simple past and past participle cream skimmed)

present singular third person cream skims · participle present cream skimming · participle past cream skimmed · past cream skimmed

  1. alternativeAlternative form of cream-skim.
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APA

cream skim. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cream%20skim

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“cream skim.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cream%20skim. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cream skim,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cream%20skim.

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