Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The separate pricing of goods and services.
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- verb Present participle of
unbundle .
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Examples
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They pioneered the concept of "unbundling" -- or charging for everything from seat assignments to greater leg room to refreshments -- so discounters are less reliant on base airfares to cover their costs.
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Alexander Medvedev, deputy chief executive of Gazprom, told a group of foreign reporters yesterday that Russian and EU officials will conduct expert-level talks this month to help work out differences over the EU's plan, which includes a proposal to mandate "unbundling" -- the separation of transport from distribution and production.
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It banned what was referred to as "unbundling" - the selling of record tracks, either physically or online - "other than in their original configuration".
Home 2010
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It banned what was referred to as "unbundling" - the selling of record tracks, either physically or online - "other than in their original configuration".
mirror.co.uk - Home 2010
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Umair says that ABC took a good move in unbundling content from distribution but what it should really be doing is rebundling content with audiences: Rebundling is where value capture will happen – at communities, reconstructors, markets, networks – that direct people’s attention to individualized ‘casts.
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What’s driving unbundling is also the perception that cable television pricing is a racket.
Exploding TV: Death on the a la carte menu « BuzzMachine 2005
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To make back some of that money, banks are weighing whether to divide debit-card services into components and charging for them separately-known as "unbundling."
Banks Look to Replace Lost Debit-Card Fees Aparajita Saha-Bubna 2011
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Individual countries so inclined will be free to mandate full ownership separation -- a process called unbundling -- or another option that gives the network operator legal independence from the energy producer without a divestment of assets.
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On whether government's plans to unbundle Eskom would not prejudice the utility's global vision, he said: "The so-called unbundling is not going to be so irresponsible as to decimate Eskom in our understanding."
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He rejected the idea of unbundling the Airports Company, saying this would make it very difficult to run some of the smaller airports at a profit.
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