power booking
n.— «Town Center inflated the loaned value of vehicles by telling third-party lenders the vehicles carried extra features and options that they did not—an illegal practice known as “power booking.”» —“‘Mr. Big Volume’ hit again” by April Wortham Automotive News Sept. 2, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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