If a cheaper potential supplier is discovered, a firm contract between the parties may be signed.

Finding cheaper suppliers and reliable partners to share development costs was crucial.

Egypt's mammoth gas fields, the largest in the Mediterranean basin, were by far the cheapest potential supplier.

Wood is heavy, so distance is the key to cost; shop around locally for the cheapest supplier.

Chrysler does not dispute those figures, but said the drop in the fender price resulted from its switch to a cheaper supplier.

Grit here was the cheap supplier of starch.

There's a race to the bottom, one where communities fight to suspend labor and environmental rules in order to become the world's cheapest supplier.

For the electric utilities, that means customers will ultimately be able to shop for the cheapest supplier of electricity.

Because utilities are still allowed to pass on the cost of the power they buy, they have little incentive to choose a cheaper supplier.

Users can either let the system automatically buy power from the cheapest supplier, or log in regularly to take advantage of specials.