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price1 /praɪs/ ●●● S1 W1 noun
1  [countableC, uncountableU]BBTCOST the amount of money you have to pay for something 價格，價錢
price of
The price of fuel keeps going up.
燃料價格持續上漲。
price for
We agreed a price for the bike.
我們談妥了那輛自行車的價格。
Supermarkets often offer you two products for the price of one.
超市經常買一送一。
→ asking price, cost price, list price, market price► see thesaurus at cost
2  UNPLEASANT[singular] something unpleasant that you must suffer in order to be successful, free etc, or that you suffer because of a mistake or bad action 〔成功、自由、錯誤、不良行爲等的〕代價
price of
He’s never at home, but that’s the price of success.
他從不在家，但那就是成功的代價。
The awful boat journey was a small price to pay for freedom.
在小船上的這段行程可謂膽戰心驚，但這是爲換取自由而付出的小小代價。
They may pay a high price for their few years of glory.
爲了短短幾年的輝煌，他們也許要付出高昂的代價。
The country will pay a heavy price for the government’s failure.
這個國家將爲政府的這一失敗付出沉重的代價。
She was finally made senior executive, but at what price!
她終於爬上了高層主管的位置，不過代價何等慘烈啊！
3  half/full price used to talk about half the usual price of something, or the actual usual price 半價/全價
I bought these jeans at half price in the sale.
我在特賣的時候以半價買了這條牛仔褲。
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half/full price• Visalia bought a swimming pool at half price because its employees were unencumbered by line item budgets.• I can't feel that this music as presented here is an attractive proposition at full price.• At full price the set demands as much.• Most men's and women's clothing half price.• We got all the furniture for half price.• On Sundays from 3 p. m. to 5 p. m., admission is half price.• First, he has devised a way of buying the ground at less than half price.• If the guest took up the booking, the deposit was part payment of the full price.• They was rubbish, and they was full price.
4  at a price for a lot of money 以很高的價錢
You can get goat’s cheese at the local delicatessen – at a price!
你可以在當地的熟食店買到山羊幹酪——不過價格很高！
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at a price• But early admissions come at a price.• As so often in life, the best comes at a price.• But convenience comes at a price.• Shakespeare market a very good one through tackle dealers at a price that will not break the bank.• In April of that year the contract was awarded to H Lyttle and Son at a price of £16,524.• They have a competitive edge in larger buying power, enabling them to acquire stock at prices way below the small independents.• It is successful because it produces a high quality product on time at a price the customer can afford.• More choice for viewers - at a price.
5  at any price DETERMINEDwhatever the cost and difficulties may be 不惜任何代價，無論如何
She was determined to have a child at any price.
她決心不惜任何代價都要生一個孩子。
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at any price• Peace everywhere, for ever, and at any price.• He did not want blood, at any price.• From the point of view of other firms, Salomon mortgage traders were cheap at any price.• They can not however expect the Swan Hunter work force to accept the imposition of such working conditions at any price.• Corporate security is not 100 percent effective, at any price.• Ursula wanted her daughter free at any price and did not mind what risks Maurice had to run to bring that about.• We all want peace at any price.• This really is vintage material and would be worth the strongest recommendation at any price.• To the targets of those terrible promises, there could have been no course but resistance at any price.
6  not at any price SELL#used to say that you would not do something, even for a lot of money 無論多少錢也不幹；無論如何不
Sorry, that painting’s not for sale at any price.
對不起，那幅畫無論多少錢都不賣。
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not at any price• Greens are right to take positions in government, but not at any price.• Sorry, the car's not for sale at any price.
7  put a price on something to give something a financial value 定出某物的金錢價值
You can’t put a price on what a mother does for her children.
不能用金錢來衡量母親爲自己孩子的付出。
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put a price on something• Then again, you can not put a price on what Augusta had to offer yesterday morning.• Prominent ministers such as Henry Ward Beecher initially condemned the concept of putting a price on human life as sinful and sacrilegious.• How can you put a price on Kryptonite, for instance?• How do you put a price on nine years of being informed and entertained?
8  What price fame/glory etc? usually spokenPOINTLESS used to suggest that something was not worth achieving because too many bad things have happened as a result 名聲/榮耀等又有什麽用？〔指代價太大〕
What price progress?
進步了又如何？
9. be beyond price VALUEto be extremely valuable or important 是無價之寶；極其珍貴；極其重要
10. price on somebody’s head SCCGIVEa reward for catching or killing someone 懸賞緝拿[殺死]某人的賞金
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price on somebody’s head• He was also unusual among philologists in having had a price on his head.• As a soldier under the Whites there was a price on his head; some one would soon discover his true identity.• Bream often have the biggest price on their heads but roach, rudd and hefty tench can provide a healthy bonus.
11. everyone has their price PERSUADEused to say that you can persuade people to do anything if you give them what they want 人各有其價〔指人都是可以收買的〕
→ cheap at the price at cheap1(8), → name your price at name2(7), → pay the price at pay1(9)
 COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 1: the amount of money you have to pay for something 價格，價錢
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + price
high 高的
House prices in the UK are very high.
英國的房價很高。
low 低的
With such low prices, there are lots of eager buyers.
價格這麽低,許多人踴躍購買。
reasonable (=not too high) 公道的,合理的
The price was reasonable for such good food.
這麽好的食物,價格很公道。
fair 公平的
I am sure we can agree on a fair price.
我相信我們可以達成一個公平的價格。
astronomical (=extremely high) 天文數字的,極高的
Many fans paid astronomical prices for their tickets.
許多粉絲花高價購買門票。
exorbitant/extortionate (=much too high) 太高的,不合理的 £10,000
£10,000 seemed an exorbitant price for the rug.
這塊小地毯要價一萬英鎊也太離譜了。
ninflated (=higher than is usual or reasonable)
People seem willing to pay inflated prices for houses in central London.
house/food/oil etc prices 房屋/食物/石油等價格
A poor harvest led to higher food prices.
歉收導致食品價格上漲。
a good price (=quite high) 好價錢,高價
Did you get a good price for your car?
你那車拿到好價錢了嗎？
a bargain price (also a knockdown/giveaway price) (=much lower than usual) 超低價,特價
We sell quality cars at bargain prices.
我們特價出售優質汽車。
nThe house is available at a knockdown price of $195,000.
the market price (=the price of something on a market at a particular time) 市場價
nWe think the stock’s current market price is too high.
the asking price (=the amount of money that someone is asking for when they are selling something, especially a house) 要價,開價,報價〔尤指房屋〕
nThe property is worth more than the asking price.
the purchase price formal (=the price that someone pays when they buy something, especially a house) 買價,收購價〔尤指房屋〕
nYou can obtain a loan for up to 90% of the purchase price.
the retail price (=the price that the public pays for something in a shop) 零售價
nTax is 40% of the retail price of a typical bottle of wine.
the wholesale price (=the price that a business such as a shop pays to buy something) 批發價
nWholesale coffee prices have fallen.
verbs
a price goes up/rises/increases 價格上漲
When supplies go down, prices tend to go up.
供貨減少時,價格往往就會上漲。
a price goes down/falls/decreases 價格下跌
In real terms, the price of clothes has fallen over the last ten years.
實際上,服裝價格在過去10年裏下降了。
a price shoots up/soars/rockets (=increases quickly by a large amount) 價格急劇上漲
The price of oil soared in the 1970s.
20 世紀70年代石油價格急劇上漲。
prices fluctuate (=keep going up and down) 價格波動
Gas prices have continued to fluctuate in recent months.
近幾個月來油價持續波動。
nprices start from £200/$300 etc
Ticket prices start from £39.00.
nprices range from £30 to £65 etc
Over 1,000 paintings will be shown with prices ranging from £50 to £5,000.
put up/increase/raise a price 擡高價格
Manufacturers have had to put their prices up.
制造商只得擡高價格。
cut/lower/reduce a price 降低價格
The company recently cut the price of its best-selling car.
公司最近降低了最暢銷款汽車的價格。
slash a price (=reduce it by a very large amount) 大幅砍價,大幅度削價
Many carpet stores have slashed prices to bring in customers.
許多地毯商店大幅削價以吸引顧客。
fix a price (=decide on it, sometimes illegally with others) 定價
Publishers are not permitted to fix prices with one another.
出版商不得串通定價。
agree on a price 同意某價格
nNow all we need to do is agree on a price.
pay a good/low etc price 付高價/低價等
nI paid a very reasonable price for my guitar.
get a good/reasonable etc price (=be paid a particular amount for something) 得到好的/合理的等價格
nFarmers now get a decent price for their crop.
fetch a good/high etc price British EnglishBrE, bring a good, high etc price American EnglishAmE (=be sold for a particular amount of money) 賣個好價／高價等
nI’m sure the painting would fetch a good price in London.
price + NOUN
a price rise/increase 漲價
Consumers are facing more fuel price rises.
消費者面臨燃料價格的進一步上漲。
a price cut/reduction 降價
Holiday sales were down, even with drastic price cuts.
雖然大幅減價,節日銷量還是有所下降。
a price freeze (=when prices are kept at the same level by a company or by the government) 價格凍結
nA price freeze on nine basic goods was announced on June 14.
PHRASES
a fall/drop in prices 價格下跌
Poor demand led to a sharp drop in prices.
需求疲軟導致價格急劇下跌。
a rise in prices 價格上漲
The sharp rise in wholesale food prices will have to be passed onto customers.
食品批發價的急劇上漲將不得不被轉嫁給顧客。
in/outside somebody’s price range (=used when saying that someone can/cannot afford to pay for something) 價格在／超出某人的承受範圍
Unfortunately, there was nothing in our price range.
可惜的是，沒有一樣是我們買得起的。
COMMON ERRORSDon’t say ‘a convenient price’. Say a reasonable price or a fair price.
不要說 ‘a convenient price’. 而要說 a reasonable price 或 a fair price.
n THESAURUS
price noun [countableC] the amount of money that you have to pay for something
The prices in that shop are rather high.
You can have a two-course meal for a special price of £9.95.
cost noun [countableC] the amount of money that you have to pay for services, activities, or things you need such as food and electricity
The cost of the two-day course is $1,295.
Many banks are raising their borrowing costs.
a sudden increase in energy costs
value noun [countableC, uncountableU] the amount of money that something is worth and that people are willing to pay if it is sold
The value of the painting was estimated at £500,000.
Fine wines may increase in value.
The shares have gone down in value.
n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2: something unpleasant that you must suffer in order to be successful, free etc, or that you suffer because of a mistake or bad action 〔成功、自由、錯誤、不良行爲等的〕代價
verbs
pay a price (=suffer)
We paid a heavy price for our mistakes this season.
come at a price (also come at a high price) (=involve suffering or a bad result)
She won fame, but it came at a high price.
exact a price formal (=make someone suffer)
The success of the nation’s businesses has exacted a dreadful price from the people.
adjectives
a high price
Smokers often pay a high price in terms of their health.
a heavy price
Any country breaking international law will be made to pay a heavy price.
a terrible price
The sport can exact a terrible price from its participants.
phrases
something is a small price to pay (=something is worth suffering in order to achieve something more important)
Changing his job would be a small price to pay to keep his marriage intact.
Examples from the Corpus
price• The threat of a price war led to plunging shares for all the major players in the market.• The asking price for the 60-acre estate in Atlanta is $27 million.• Brand A is available, price £x, from the following chains.• Apple was forced to cut prices sharply, reducing its profit margin.• But that could cause another problem: If enough farmers pile into grain, it might cause an oversupply and depress prices.• Experts say they expect price rises to be gradual but persistent.• House prices are beginning to fall again.• House prices rose by around 12% in the south-east last year.• There's a great new clothes store on Main Street, and its prices seem very reasonable.• Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said it was impossible to build a good computer for such a low price.• The Japanese have raised prices just $8 a vehicle on average.• He told them to put their pushers out to undercut Huey's prices.• Payment at today's price may be by a single lump sum or by instalments.• They charge the same price for a takeaway as they do for eating in the restaurant.• Has the price of heart surgery gone up in the last five hundred years?• Just sick over the prices in shops selling the 1960s furniture you finally convinced your parents to throw out?• What's the price of a pack of cigarettes nowadays?
price of• He's very busy, but I guess that's the price of success.• the price of gold
at what price• They decided how much of their services the customers needed and at what price.• The invisible hand influences what prod-ucts will be produced and at what price.• It remains to be seen whether or not Novell would acquire all of AT&T's remaining stock and at what price.• The only questions are by whom and at what price.• The question then arises, at what price should a Treasury bill be sold on a given day?• With that type of talent, obviously you would be interested but at what price?• She's gotten the job she wanted, but at what price?• He may win, but at what price?• The question was whether part of the floor area should be included and if so at what price.
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price2 ●●○ verb [transitiveT]
1  BBTto decide the price of something that is for sale 給…定價錢
a reasonably priced apartment
定價合理的公寓
be priced at something
Tickets are priced at £75 each.
門票價格定爲每張75英鎊。
n Grammar
Price is usually passive in this meaning.
2. BBTCOSTto put the price on goods to show how much they cost 給…標價
3  COMPAREto compare the prices of things 比較…的價錢
We spent Saturday morning pricing microwaves.
星期六上午我們比較了各種微波爐的價錢。
4. price yourself out of the market BBTSELLto demand too much money for the services or goods that you are selling 定價太高致人卻步
n COLLOCATIONS
adverbs
highly priced (=expensive)
The clothes shops all seemed to be full of highly priced designer clothes.
reasonably priced (=not too expensive)
The food was good and reasonably priced.
moderately priced (=not expensive)
On the outskirts of many towns, you will find moderately priced motels.
competitively/keenly priced (=not expensive compared with similar things)
Lower costs meant that Japanese exports remained competitively priced.
modestly priced (=cheap)
There are some very modestly priced artificial plants to be had.
attractively priced (=not expensive)
These figurines are attractively priced at £32.
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price• Porsche said its new 911 Carrera 4s would be very competitively priced.• These shoes are pretty reasonably priced.• For weekend breaks only, the Holiday Inn Hotel is also priced at this grade even though it is a 5 star hotel.• Please get your fruit and vegetables weighed and priced before you take them to the checkout.• It was this that suggested that there had been pricing errors which lead to the suspension of the trusts.• Unsurprisingly, supermarkets are the loudest advocates of free pricing, followed closely by mass booksellers.• Specials are items that are priced less than their regular price for a period of time, perhaps only one day.• In Chapter 6 the variant known as the arbitrage pricing model will be presented.• The debentures were priced to yield 25 basis points more than comparable U. S. Treasury notes.• The notes, which are noncallable for one year, were priced to yield 69 basis points above comparable Treasurys.• I've been pricing VCRs.
be priced at something• Mr Fothergill's 1991 seed catalogue includes a fully functional model which has a traditional iron wheel and is priced at £179.• Tickets are expected to be priced at $ 29.95 for adults and $ 19.95 for children ages 4 to 13.• Two-day advance ticket packages for Friday and Saturday are priced at $ 44.• A svelte-looking black velvet off-the-shoulder number, with ostrich feather trim, was priced at £59.99.• The flat is priced at £69,950, which Gary Herman thinks may be a little high.• The debt, which is noncallable, was priced at a spread of 55 basis points above Treasurys.• The debentures, which are noncallable, were priced at a spread of 75 basis points to comparable Treasurys.• This provides a useful service for the retailer, since the goods then do not have to be priced at the shop.
From Longman Business Dictionary
priceprice1 /praɪs/ noun
1[countableC, uncountableU]FINANCE the amount of money for which something is bought, sold, or offered
They agreed on a price of $10,000 for the car.
Some mines may close because of gold’s current low price.
The bonds continued to fall in price.
Buy one shirt and get a second at half price.
People today are attracted to discount stores because they don’t want to pay full price.
→ see also cut-price
→ actual price → adjusted share price → all-in price → asking price → bargain-basement price → bargain price → basic price → below-cost price → best price → bid price → buying price → cash price → catalogue price → ceiling price → closing price → consumer price → cost price → current prices → delivered price → demand price → discount price → exercise price → factor price → factory-gate price → fair price → firesale price → firm price → fixed price → floor price → forward price → futures price → guaranteed price → guide price → inflation-adjusted price → initial price → intervention price → invoice price → issue price → knockdown price → list price → manufacturer's recommended price → market price → mean price → median price → net price → nominal price → offer price → official price → opening price → package price → per subscriber price → physical price → popular price → 'premium price → producer price → pump price → purchase price → recommended retail price → reserve price → retail price → sale price → selling price → share price → soft price → spot price → sticker price → stock price → street price → strike price → subsidized price → suggested retail price → supply price → support price → trade price → transfer price → unit price → upset price → wholesale price → wide price
2at a price used to say that you can obtain something, but only if you pay a lot of money for it, or if the cost is very high in other unpleasant ways
The track was designed to allow higher train speeds at a price, and that price was safety.
3at any price if you are prepared to do something at any price, you are determined to do it, even if it is very difficult and the cost is very high
The government is prepared to hang onto power at any price.
Sorry, that painting’s not for sale, not at any price (=no price could be high enough).
4put a price on something to say how much something costs, or to give something a financial value
The government hasn’t put a price on the stake it wants to sell.
priceprice2 verb [transitiveT]
1to fix the price of something that is for sale
be priced at
If the stock is priced at about C$24 a share, it probably will be well received by the market.
She priced her T-shirts at $22 only to find a competitor moving faster at $20.
Today’s moderately priced clothes look almost as good as high priced designer clothes.
2to fix the price of bonds, shares etc
The notes were priced to yield 6.88%.
price off
Many commercial loans are priced off (=in relation to) Fed funds, which currently are around 4%.
3to compare the prices of things
We spent the morning pricing microwaves.
4to put the price on goods, showing how much they cost
5price somebody out of the marketCOMMERCE if you have been priced out of the market, you can no longer afford to buy something because prices have become too high
Younger people with jobs need homes but they have been priced out of the housing market.
6price yourself out of the marketCOMMERCE to demand too much money for the goods or services you are offering, so that people are no longer willing to buy them
The hotels have priced themselves out of the market with typical cost at one chain of $100 to $120 a night compared with our average room cost of $50.
Origin price1
(1200-1300) Old French pris, from Latin pretium “price, money”

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