Usually means: Advertising one thing, selling another.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word bait and switch:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. bait and switch: Merriam-Webster
  2. bait-and-switch: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bait and switch: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bait and switch: Vocabulary.com
  5. bait-and-switch, bait and switch: Wiktionary
  6. bait-and-switch: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. bait-and-switch: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. bait-and-switch, bait and switch: Dictionary.com
  9. Bait and Switch (book), Bait and Switch, Bait-and-switch, Bait and switch: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. bait and switch: Rhymezone
  11. bait and switch: FreeDictionary.org
  12. bait and switch: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. Bait And Switch: A to Z list of the most popular idioms
  14. bait and switch: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. bait and switch: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  16. bait and switch: Merriam-Webster

Business (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. bait and switch: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  3. bait-and-switch: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  4. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  5. bait and switch: Law.com Dictionary
  6. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  8. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  9. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  10. Bait and switch: bizterms.net
  11. Bait And Switch: Investopedia
  12. Bait and Switch, Bait-and-switch: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. bait-and-switch: Netlingo
  2. I T Glossary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bait and switch: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. American-Australian Slang Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Bait and Switch: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (bait and switch)

noun:  An unscrupulous and sometimes illegal sales technique, in which an inexpensive product is advertised to attract prospective customers who are then told by sales personnel that the inexpensive product is unavailable or of poor quality and are instead urged to buy a more expensive product.
noun:  (by extension) Any similar deceptive behavior, especially in politics and romantic relationships.
verb:  To lure someone with an offer of some kind, but substitute something of greater advantage to the offerer.

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