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n.
1) to fix, set a ~
2) to hike ( AE ; colloq. ), increase, mark up, raise ~s
3) to freeze; hold down, keep down; maintain ~s
4) to pay a ~
5) to place, put a ~ on smt.; to quote a ~
6) bring, command, fetch, get a ~ (icons bring a high ~)
7) to bring down ~s; to undercut (smb.'s) ~s (the latest news brought down oil ~s)
8) to cut, lower, mark down, reduce, roll back, slash ~s
9) an exorbitant, high, inflated, outrageous, prohibitive, steep, stiff ~
10) an attractive, bargain, fair, low, moderate, popular, reasonable, reduced ~
11) an asking; buying, purchase; discount; going; list; market; reduced; regular; resale; retail; sale; selling; unit; wholesale ~
12) (at an auction) a reserve ( esp. BE ), upset ( esp. AE ) ~
13) ~s drop, fall, go down, slump
14) ~s go up, rise, shoot up, skyrocket
15) a ~ for (to pay an exorbitant ~ for smt.)
16) at a certain ~ (to sell merchandise at reduced ~s)
17) ( misc. ) what ~ an economic recovery now? ( BE ) ('what are the chances of an economic recovery now?'); what ~ glory if you die in the trenches? ( BE ) ('what is the good of glory if you die in the trenches?'); to place a ~ on smb.'s head ('to post a reward for apprehending or killing smb.')
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v. ( D ; refl. , tr. ) to ~ out of (they ~d themselves out of the market)