| 单词 | price |
| 释义 | price price // noun, verb
■ noun [C,U]
AFTER-HOURS PRICE, ASKED PRICE, ASKING PRICE, ASK PRICE, BASE PRICE, BASIC PRICE, BEST PRICE, BID PRICE, BUYING PRICE, CASH PRICE, CONSUMER PRICE, COST PRICE, CURRENT PRICE, CUT-PRICE, DELIVERED PRICE, DEMAND PRICE, DISCOUNT PRICE, EQUILIBRIUM PRICE, EXERCISE PRICE, FACTORY PRICE, FIXED-PRICE, FORWARD PRICE, GUIDE PRICE, HALF-PRICE, HIGH-STREET PRICE, HIGH-STREET PRICE, INITIAL PRICE, INTERVENTION PRICE, INVOICE PRICE, ISSUE PRICE, ISSUED PRICE, LAW OF ONE PRICE, LIST PRICE, MARKET CLEARING PRICE, MARKET PRICE, MID-PRICE, NET PRICE, NOMINAL PRICE, OFFERING PRICE, OFFER PRICE, OFF-PRICE, OVERPRICED, POPULAR PRICE, PUMP PRICE, PURCHASE PRICE, RESERVATION PRICE, RESERVE PRICE, RETAIL PRICE, SALE PRICE, SELLING PRICE, SHARE PRICE, SPOT PRICE, STICKER PRICE, STOCK PRICE, STREET PRICE, STRIKE PRICE, STRIKING PRICE, SUPPLY PRICE, THRESHOLD PRICE, TRADE PRICE, TRANSFER PRICE, UNIT PRICE, UPSET PRICE, WHOLESALE PRICE
the amount of money that you must pay for sth: house/retail/oil/share prices He managed to get a good price for the car. Coffee prices have fallen by 15% this year. The store has put up the prices of many basic items. We plan to sell 10 000 units at a price of €15 each. The price charged to customers may be changed. Can you give me a price for the work (= tell me how much you will charge)? Shoppers are unwilling to pay full price for electrical goods. It's amazing how much computers have come down in price over the past few years. How much are these? They don't have a price on them. I'm only buying it if it's the right price (= a price that I think is reasonable). The increase in the number of tourists has driven up the price of food and accommodation in the city. ⇨ PRICE CUT See note at INCREASE
a competitive/high/low/reasonable price ◆ falling/rising prices ◆ to increase/put up/raise prices ◆ to cut/lower/slash prices ◆ price increases/reductions/rises
IDIOMS
at a price costing a lot of money: You can buy strawberries in England all year round, but at a price.
put a price on sth to say how much money sth valuable is worth: They haven't yet put a price on the business. You can't put a price on that sort of loyalty.
BALLPARK
WHICH WORD?
price/charge/commission/cost/fee/rate
These words are used to talk about the money that you pay for something.
Price is used about goods and other things that are traded in large numbers or amounts: car/electricity/food/share prices • the average selling price of a home
Fee [C] and charge [C] are usually used about money that you pay for a service: A service charge of 10% is added to the bill. • legal/accounting fees.
Charge [U] can also be used about a product or service that is free: The manual is available free of charge. • There is no charge for delivery.
Unlike a price, fee or charge, the cost of something is not advertised but needs to be calculated. It is the amount of money that you need to spend in order to buy, make, build or produce it: The total cost of the building was several million euros more than budgeted.
Rate is used when the price of the product or service is fixed according to its size, weight, length, etc.: (; ◆ %* Rate is used when the price of the product or service is fixed according to its size, weight, length, etc) Our standard rate is $89 per night for a single room.
Commission is money that is paid to an agent for selling something on behalf of somebody else. Although the commission comes from the money paid by the buyer, its size is decided between the seller and agent and is not always advertised.
■ verb [+ obj]
1 (Marketing ) (usually be priced) to fix the price of sth at a particular level: The new model will be priced at $10 000-$15 000. These goods were priced too high. competitively priced PCs Imagine that bananas are priced off (= in relation to) apples. The bonds were priced to yield 23 basis points over UK gilts.
❖ attractively/competitively/keenly priced ◆ moderately/reasonably priced
2 (Commerce ) price sth (up) to write or stick tickets on goods to show how much they cost: I spent all day pricing tins of fruit. The clothes were sorted and priced up for sale. The dress had been priced wrongly (= had the wrong price on it).
3 price sth (up) to compare the prices of different types of the same thing: We priced various models before buying this one.
IDIOMS
price sb out of the market (usually be priced out of the market) to no longer be able to buy something as it is too expensive: Property is now so expensive that many young people have been priced out of the market.
price yourself/sth out of the market to charge such a high price for your goods, services, etc. that nobody wants to buy them: Some restaurants in the city have priced themselves out of the market. The union was told that the jobs were going overseas as their members had priced themselves out of the market.
PHRASAL VERBS
price sth in; price sth into sth (Finance ) to include sth when you are fixing the price of an item, especially shares, bonds, etc: Investors have fully priced in a small cut in interest rates. The bad news is already priced into the shares. |
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