price
♦♦♦ price /pr'aɪs/ (prices pricing priced)
1 [N-COUNT] usu with supp, also in N
The price of something is the amount of money that you have to pay in order to buy it.
...a sharp increase in the price of petrol...
They expected house prices to rise...
Computers haven't come down in price.
2 [N-SING] usu N for n/-ing
The price that you pay for something that you want is an unpleasant thing that you have to do or suffer in order to get it.
Slovenia will have to pay a high price for independence...
= penalty
3 [VERB] be V-ed at n, V n at n, V-ed
If something is priced at a particular amount, the price is set at that amount.
The shares are expected to be priced at about 330p...
Digital priced the new line at less than half the cost of comparable mainframes...
There is a very reasonably priced menu.
● pricing [N-UNCOUNT]
It's hard to maintain competitive pricing.
4
see also retail price index, selling price
5 [PHRASE] PHR after v
If you want something at any price, you are determined to get it, even if unpleasant things happen as a result.
If they wanted a deal at any price, they would have to face the consequences...
6 [PHRASE] PHR with cl
If you can buy something that you want at a price, it is for sale, but it is extremely expensive.
Most goods are available, but at a price.
7 [PHRASE] usu PHR after v
If you get something that you want at a price, you get it but something unpleasant happens as a result.
Fame comes at a price...
8
to price yourself out of the market: see marketask|ing price (asking prices)
[N-COUNT] usu sing
The asking price of something is the price which the person selling it says that they want for it, although they may accept less.
Offers 15% below the asking price are unlikely to be accepted.bid price (bid prices)
[N-COUNT]
The bid price of a particular stock or share is the price that investors are willing to pay for it. (BUSINESS)
Speculation centred on a likely bid price of 380p a share.clos|ing price (closing prices)
[N-COUNT]
On the stock exchange, the closing price of a share is its price at the end of a day's business. (BUSINESS)
The price is slightly above yesterday's closing price.cost price (cost prices)
[N-VAR] oft at N
If something is sold at cost price, it is sold for the same price as it cost the seller to buy it. (BRIT)
...a factory shop where you can buy very fashionable shoes at cost price...
= costis|sue price (issue prices)
[N-COUNT]
The issue price of shares is the price at which they are offered for sale when they first become available to the public. (BUSINESS)
Shares in the company slipped below their issue price on their first day of trading.list price (list prices)
[N-COUNT]
The list price of an item is the price which the manufacturer suggests that a shopkeeper should charge for it.of|fer price (offer prices)
[N-COUNT]
The offer price for a particular stock or share is the price that the person selling it says that they want for it. (BUSINESS)
BET shares closed just above the offer price, up 1.5p at 207p.
see also asking price, bid priceprice point (price points)
[N-COUNT]
The price point of a product is the price that it sells for. (BUSINESS)
No price point exists for the machine yet...
The big companies dominate the lower price points.price tag (price tags)
also price-tag
1 [N-COUNT]
If something has a price tag of a particular amount, that is the amount that you must pay in order to buy it. (WRITTEN)
The price tag on the 34-room white Regency mansion is £17.5 million.
2 [N-COUNT]
In a shop, the price tag on an article for sale is a small piece of card or paper which is attached to the article and which has the price written on it.price war (price wars)
[N-COUNT]
If competing companies are involved in a price war, they each try to gain an advantage by lowering their prices as much as possible in order to sell more of their products and damage their competitors financially. (BUSINESS)
A vicious price war between manufacturers has cut margins to the bone.re|serve price (reserve prices)
[N-COUNT]
A reserve price is the lowest price which is acceptable to the owner of property being auctioned or sold. (BRIT BUSINESS)re|tail price in|dex
[N-PROPER] the N
The retail price index is a list of the prices of typical goods which shows how much the cost of living changes from one month to the next. (BRIT BUSINESS; in AM, use cost-of-living index)
The retail price index for September is expected to show inflation edging up to about 10.8 per cent.sell|ing price (selling prices)
[N-COUNT] usu sing
The selling price of something is the price for which it is sold. (BUSINESS)
1 [N-COUNT] usu with supp, also in N
The price of something is the amount of money that you have to pay in order to buy it.
...a sharp increase in the price of petrol...
They expected house prices to rise...
Computers haven't come down in price.
2 [N-SING] usu N for n/-ing
The price that you pay for something that you want is an unpleasant thing that you have to do or suffer in order to get it.
Slovenia will have to pay a high price for independence...
= penalty
3 [VERB] be V-ed at n, V n at n, V-ed
If something is priced at a particular amount, the price is set at that amount.
The shares are expected to be priced at about 330p...
Digital priced the new line at less than half the cost of comparable mainframes...
There is a very reasonably priced menu.
● pricing [N-UNCOUNT]
It's hard to maintain competitive pricing.
4
see also retail price index, selling price
5 [PHRASE] PHR after v
If you want something at any price, you are determined to get it, even if unpleasant things happen as a result.
If they wanted a deal at any price, they would have to face the consequences...
6 [PHRASE] PHR with cl
If you can buy something that you want at a price, it is for sale, but it is extremely expensive.
Most goods are available, but at a price.
7 [PHRASE] usu PHR after v
If you get something that you want at a price, you get it but something unpleasant happens as a result.
Fame comes at a price...
8
to price yourself out of the market: see marketask|ing price (asking prices)
[N-COUNT] usu sing
The asking price of something is the price which the person selling it says that they want for it, although they may accept less.
Offers 15% below the asking price are unlikely to be accepted.bid price (bid prices)
[N-COUNT]
The bid price of a particular stock or share is the price that investors are willing to pay for it. (BUSINESS)
Speculation centred on a likely bid price of 380p a share.clos|ing price (closing prices)
[N-COUNT]
On the stock exchange, the closing price of a share is its price at the end of a day's business. (BUSINESS)
The price is slightly above yesterday's closing price.cost price (cost prices)
[N-VAR] oft at N
If something is sold at cost price, it is sold for the same price as it cost the seller to buy it. (BRIT)
...a factory shop where you can buy very fashionable shoes at cost price...
= costis|sue price (issue prices)
[N-COUNT]
The issue price of shares is the price at which they are offered for sale when they first become available to the public. (BUSINESS)
Shares in the company slipped below their issue price on their first day of trading.list price (list prices)
[N-COUNT]
The list price of an item is the price which the manufacturer suggests that a shopkeeper should charge for it.of|fer price (offer prices)
[N-COUNT]
The offer price for a particular stock or share is the price that the person selling it says that they want for it. (BUSINESS)
BET shares closed just above the offer price, up 1.5p at 207p.
see also asking price, bid priceprice point (price points)
[N-COUNT]
The price point of a product is the price that it sells for. (BUSINESS)
No price point exists for the machine yet...
The big companies dominate the lower price points.price tag (price tags)
also price-tag
1 [N-COUNT]
If something has a price tag of a particular amount, that is the amount that you must pay in order to buy it. (WRITTEN)
The price tag on the 34-room white Regency mansion is £17.5 million.
2 [N-COUNT]
In a shop, the price tag on an article for sale is a small piece of card or paper which is attached to the article and which has the price written on it.price war (price wars)
[N-COUNT]
If competing companies are involved in a price war, they each try to gain an advantage by lowering their prices as much as possible in order to sell more of their products and damage their competitors financially. (BUSINESS)
A vicious price war between manufacturers has cut margins to the bone.re|serve price (reserve prices)
[N-COUNT]
A reserve price is the lowest price which is acceptable to the owner of property being auctioned or sold. (BRIT BUSINESS)re|tail price in|dex
[N-PROPER] the N
The retail price index is a list of the prices of typical goods which shows how much the cost of living changes from one month to the next. (BRIT BUSINESS; in AM, use cost-of-living index)
The retail price index for September is expected to show inflation edging up to about 10.8 per cent.sell|ing price (selling prices)
[N-COUNT] usu sing
The selling price of something is the price for which it is sold. (BUSINESS)