friend price
- noun
- She always offers her clothes to me at a friend price since we are close.
Examples
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When I asked for a friend price on the concert tickets, the seller gave me a great deal.
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Those are friend prices.
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I got a new bike at a friend price from my neighbor.
Synonyms
A cost lower than normal that makes something affordable
A price lower than usual offered as a special deal
A price lower than the usual one
A lower price than normal
How Low
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase directly combines 'friend' + 'price' to mean a price offered to friends (typically a discount), which is a straightforward noun+noun compositional pattern. This target/beneficiary reading is common across languages and follows normal English compound semantics, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Friend price likely comes from the simple idea of a seller giving a lower price to a friend as a favour. So it now means 'a lower price' offered to someone you know.