drip pricing

/dɹɪp pɹaɪsɪŋ/

noun

The practice of adding hidden fees to a stated price.

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Meanings

noundrip pricing (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebusinessThe practice of adding hidden fees to a stated price.
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    Warning online ticket retailers to be "up front" about fees, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has written to seven of the 19 third-party ticket retailers (TPRs) which did not include their fees in the upfront price. Threatening to take action about hidden charges (known as 'drip pricing'), where an initial price is shown but additional elements are revealed later in the sales process, the ORR reviewed the prices of 19 TPRs.

    2023 December 27, Mel Holley, “Network News: Regulator to crack down on hidden ticket charges”, in RAIL, number 999, page 6
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APA

drip pricing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drip%20pricing

MLA

“drip pricing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drip%20pricing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drip pricing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drip%20pricing.

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