prices start from £200/$300 etc Ticket prices start from £39.00. prices fluctuate (=keep going up and down ) Gas prices have continued to fluctuate in recent months. a price shoots up/soars/rockets (=increases quickly by a large amount ) The price of oil soared in the 1970s. a price goes down/falls/decreases In real terms, the price of clothes has fallen over the last ten years. verbs a price goes up/rises/increases When supplies go down, prices tend to go up. the wholesale price (=the price that a business such as a shop pays to buy something ) Wholesale coffee prices have fallen. the retail price (=the price that the public pays for something in a shop ) Tax is 40% of the retail price of a typical bottle of wine.
the purchase price formal (=the price that someone pays when they buy something, especially a house ) You can obtain a loan for up to 90% of the purchase price. the asking price (=the amount of money that someone is asking for when they are selling something, especially a house ) The property is worth more than the asking price. the market price (=the price of something on a market at a particular time ) We think the stock’s current market price is too high. The house is available at a knockdown price of $195,000. a good price (=quite high ) Did you get a good price for your car? a bargain price ( also a knockdown/giveaway price ) (=much lower than usual ) We sell quality cars at bargain prices. house/food/oil etc prices A poor harvest led to higher food prices. inflated (=higher than is usual or reasonable ) People seem willing to pay inflated prices for houses in central London. exorbitant/extortionate (=much too high ) £10,000 seemed an exorbitant price for the rug. astronomical (=extremely high ) Many fans paid astronomical prices for their tickets.
fair I am sure we can agree on a fair price. reasonable (=not too high ) The price was reasonable for such good food. low With such low prices, there are lots of eager buyers. She was finally made senior executive, but at what price! 3 → half/full price 4 → at a price 5 → at any price 6 → not at any price 7 → put a price on something 8 → What price fame/glory etc? 9 → be beyond price 10 → price on somebody’s head 11 → everyone has their price → cheap at the price, → name your price, → pay the price COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 1: the amount of money you have to pay for something ADJECTIVES/NOUN + price high House prices in the UK are very high.
The country will pay a heavy price for the government’s failure. They may pay a high price for their few years of glory. The awful boat journey was a small price to pay for freedom.
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→ asking price, cost price, list price, market price ► see thesaurus at cost 2 UNPLEASANT something unpleasant that you must suffer in order to be successful, free etc, or that you suffer because of a mistake or bad action price of He’s never at home, but that’s the price of success. Supermarkets often offer you two products for the price of one. price for We agreed a price for the bike.
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