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- Dictionaryprice/prʌɪs/
noun
- 1. the amount of money expected, required, or given in payment for something: "land could be sold for a high price" Similar
- 2. an unwelcome experience or action undergone or done as a condition of achieving an objective: "the price of their success was an entire day spent in discussion" Similar Opposite
verb
- 1. decide the amount required as payment for (something offered for sale): "the watches are priced at £55"
- 2. discover or establish the price of (something for sale).
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verb. uk / praɪs / us / praɪs / C1 [ T often passive ] to say what the price of something is: The car is priced at £28,000. There is a lack of reasonably priced housing for rent. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. [ T ]
The meaning of PRICE is the amount of money given or set as consideration for the sale of a specified thing. How to use price in a sentence.
noun. the sum in money or goods for which anything is or may be bought or sold. the cost at which anything is obtained. the cost of bribing a person. a sum of money offered or given as a reward for a capture or killing. value or worth, esp high worth.
1. The amount as of money or goods, asked for or given in exchange for something else. 2. The cost at which something is obtained: believes that the price of success is hard work. 3. The cost of bribing someone: maintained that every person has a price. 4. A reward offered for the capture or killing of a person: a felon with a price on his head. 5.
the amount of money that you pay to buy something: high/ low prices. House prices are falling / rising. The price of fuel has gone up again. Fewer examples. They have almost halved the price of flights to New York. The price includes flights and car hire. These price cuts are good news for consumers. The only drawback with this camera is the price.
To talk about how much things cost, you can say that prices start at a particular amount, or that prices range from one amount to another. The retail price for something is the amount it costs in a store, and the wholesale price is the amount it costs to buy a large quantity of it.
: the amount of money that you pay for something or that something costs. [count] oil/gas prices. You paid a high/low/reasonable price for the car. We bought the house at a good price. [+] more examples. [noncount]
The price of something is how much it costs. It’s usually money, but sometimes not. For example, the price of staying up all night is that you’re really sleepy the next day.
Definition of price verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Obtaining or achieving something may have a cost; the value of something is how much other people would be willing to pay for it: house prices • the cost of moving house • The house now has a market value of one million pounds. expense the money that you spend on something; something that makes you spend money:
