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price of admission

price of admission

9 2.5
Money you pay to enter a place or event
  • noun
: precio de entrada
  • The price of admission to the exhibition was only ten dollars.

That and that alone is worth the price of admission.

Examples

  • Among other things, these managers could not afford the price of admission.

    Academic text (2018)

  • What is the price of admission?

    Fiction book (1999)

  • - You have to pay the price of admission.

    Souleater (2017)

  • Well, that was worth the price of admission.

    Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)

  • This is gonna be worth the price of admission.

    Sleepover (2004)

  • You want to get into this room, you have to pay the price of admission.

    Once Again (for the very first time) (2024)

  • It's the price of admission.

    Death Sentence (2007)

  • There was no extra charge for the tram ride; it was included with the price of admission.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Sounds like an amazing film, and that Day-Lewis' performance alone will be worth the price of admission.

    Blog text (23)

  • The effect is transporting and well worth the price of admission.

    Blog text (17)

Synonyms

price
vsprice of admission
∞ 1.0

The amount of money you must pay to buy something

is the money required specifically to gain access to places or events
cost
vsprice of admission
∞ 1.0

The amount of money needed to buy or do something

is the money needed only for entering places or attending events
fee
vsprice of admission
729 1.0

Money paid for a service or right

is the same payment concept limited to gaining entry only
admission
vsprice of admission
127 2.7

A charge for entering a place like a museum or concert

is the money needed for entry rather than for purchases
entrance fee
vsprice of admission
8 1.6

An amount of money you pay to enter a place or event

is the money required for entry, not just the payment label
admission fee
vsprice of admission
3 2.4

Money you pay to enter a place or event

is the general amount required for entry across activities
admission price
vsprice of admission
1 1.6

Money you must pay to enter a place or event

is the same meaning but differs only in word order
admission charge
vsprice of admission
1 2.5

A fee you pay to enter a place or event

is the standard amount required to enter various places
entrance money
vsprice of admission
  • UK
3.3

Money you pay to get into an event or place

is the amount required for entry rather than a general purchase cost

How Expensive

price of admission
9 2.5
admission
127 2.7

Surface Forms

price of admission singular
prices of admission plural

Morphology

price + of + admission

The phrase's meaning is directly compositional: 'price' (amount of money) combined with 'admission' (payment to enter) yields the amount required to enter. This is a common, predictable noun-of-noun construction found cross-linguistically (e.g. Spanish 'precio de la entrada'), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Price of admission comes from the clear image of paying money to go in: price is the money and admission is the right to 'enter' a place or event. So it means the amount you must pay to get in, and it can also mean the basic cost or condition you must accept to get something.