price
- noun
- /praɪs/
- Many businesses stated that the asking price made it impossible to realize a profit.
Now instead they I get the same price, more colors.
- Now instead they I get the same price, more colors.
- And so that increase in price is a tax.
- That's the same price as the base iPad Air.
- It's been straight down for lumber prices over the last four months.
- We'll set, we'll set up, we'll set a price and we'll let it.
- All right, we have price, camera and size.
- But name your price in the beginning.
- But is that actually what led to the price rally for Bitcoin?
- I just paid full price for three of the same drink.
- If the home isn't selling, the price isn't compelling.
Examples
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I just paid full price for three of the same drink.
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The price of corn is going up.
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And so that increase in price is a tax.
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And when I looked at the price, I said what?
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The price is too high.
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That's the same price as the base iPad Air.
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If the home's not selling, the price isn't compelling.
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The price of the new smartphone is too high for many consumers.
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After comparing options, she decided to buy the dress at a lower price.
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The store announced a sale, reducing the price of shoes by 30%.
Synonyms
The amount of money needed to buy or do something
The price something sells for in a market with many buyers and sellers
The price people pay for something like shares or houses when it is bought and sold freely
The amount a seller wants for something that is for sale
The amount a customer pays in a store that includes the store's extra charge
The amount of money you pay to buy something
How much money something is worth
The price a seller shows for a product before any discount
The price at which something is sold to buyers
The price a maker charges before adding shipping or extra fees
Antonyms
Idioms
A sum of money offered to catch or kill a person wanted by the police
- Informal
Something that is not related to what people are talking about
Compounds
A number that shows how much one share of a company costs when people buy or sell it
The price people pay for something like shares or houses when it is bought and sold freely
A government limit on the highest price stores can charge for goods or services
- Specialized
A number that shows how prices of goods and services change over time
- Specialized
Charging too much money for basic items when people have no other choice
- Specialized
An official measure of how prices people pay for goods and services change over time
- Specialized
Competing sellers agree to keep prices at a set level to limit competition
- Specialized
Government payments that keep the price people pay for a product like milk or wheat at a set minimum
Companies lower prices to compete and attract customers, often causing lower profits
- Specialized
How expensive one thing is compared with another, for example coffee and tea
- Formal
A number that shows changes in prices companies that make things get when they sell to shops or other businesses
- Specialized
A number that shows how expensive a company's share is compared with its profit per share
- Specialized
The amount a seller charges before adding sales tax or VAT, including any government help the seller gets
- Specialized
An action that keeps prices at their current level for a set time to stop big price rises
- Specialized
A price set by a government or organization rather than by the market
- Specialized
A number that shows how prices of goods sold in large amounts change over time
How Expensive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Price comes from the Latin word pretium, which means 'value' or 'worth'. So the usual sense of price is the amount of money that shows how much something is worth.