cream-skim

verb

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 · alternative cream skim

  1. derogatorybusinessTo 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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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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