Noun
a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers
Source: WordNetRecently I noticed that my grocery store's "coupon mailer" -- an advertising booklet with loss leader prices on laundry soap, lunch meat, and toilet paper, was expiring that weekend. Source: Internet
It’s quite plausible to me that Amazon’s content to do the 9.99 loss leader thing on hardbacks and take the loss, but is unwilling to sell the ebooks with an MSRP almost double that of the MMPB dead tree edition. Source: Internet