📒 the amount of money that you have to pay for something
- Boat for sale, price £8 000
- house/oil/share prices
- rising/falling prices
📒 the unpleasant things that you must do or experience in order to achieve something or as a result of achieving something
- Criticism is part of the price of leadership.
- price for something Loneliness is a high price to pay for independence in your old age.
- Giving up his job was a small price to pay for his children's happiness.
📒 the numbers that tell you how much money you will receive if the horse that you bet on wins the race
- Six to one is a good price for that horse.
📒 whatever the cost or the difficulties may be
- We want peace at any price.
📒 costing a lot of money
- You can buy strawberries all year round, but at a price.
- Food is available, at a price.
📒 involving something unpleasant
- He'll help you—at a price!
📒 extremely valuable or important
📒 so good or useful that the cost does not seem too much
- To buy all the recommended equipment is expensive, but as an investment for the future it is cheap at the price.
📒 you can persuade anyone to do something by giving them more money or something that they want
📒 used to say that no amount of money would persuade you to do or to sell something
- I wouldn't work for her again—not at any price!
📒 to suffer because of bad luck, a mistake or something you have done
- He looked terrible this morning. I think he's paying the penalty for all those late nights.
- They're now paying the price for past mistakes.
- She thinks that any inconvenience is a price worth paying for living in such a beautiful place.
📒 an amount of money that is offered for capturing or killing somebody
- Ever since he killed the gang’s leader, there has been a price on his head.
📒 to say how much money something valuable is worth
- They haven't yet put a price on the business.
- You can't put a price on that sort of loyalty.
- You can't put a price on happiness.
📒 used to say that you think that something you have achieved may not be worth all the problems and difficulties it causes
- What price fame and fortune?
📒 used to say that something seems unlikely
- What price England winning the World Cup?