(~s, pricing, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
The ~ of something is the amount of money that you have to pay in order to buy it.
...a sharp increase in the ~ of petrol...
They expected house ~s to rise...
Computers haven’t come down in ~.
N-COUNT: usu with supp, also in N
2.
The ~ 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 ~ for independence...
= penalty
N-SING: usu N for n/-ing
3.
If something is ~d at a particular amount, the ~ is set at that amount.
The shares are expected to be ~d at about 330p...
Digital ~d the new line at less than half the cost of comparable mainframes...
There is a very reasonably ~d menu.
VERB: be V-ed at n, V n at n, V-ed
pricing
It’s hard to maintain competitive pricing.
N-UNCOUNT
4.
see also retail ~ index , selling ~
5.
If you want something at any ~, you are determined to get it, even if unpleasant things happen as a result.
If they wanted a deal at any ~, they would have to face the consequences...
PHRASE: PHR after v
6.
If you can buy something that you want at a ~, it is for sale, but it is extremely expensive.
Most goods are available, but at a ~.
PHRASE: PHR with cl
7.
If you get something that you want at a ~, you get it but something unpleasant happens as a result.
Fame comes at a ~...
PHRASE: usu PHR after v
8.
to ~ yourself out of the market: see market