Shopping / A2

PRYS/praɪs/

The number on the tag is the price — how much you must pay. The price of petrol, a high price, half price. Cost is close; price is what is written or asked. Prize is an award, a common spelling mix-up. Priceless means extremely valuable, not “no price.”

Meaning

The amount of money you must pay.

Examples

• “The price of fruit has gone up.”
• “Is the price the same online?”
• “They reduced the price at the end of the day.”

Good to know

the price of + thing. half price. Award: prize. Very valuable: priceless.

Near in meaning

cost

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