price
part of speech
noun (price, prices); verb (price, prices, priced, pricing)
meaning for a pupil
1) The price is how much money you must pay to buy something. tree →
2) To price something is to decide or mark how much it costs. tree →
3) A price can be a bad thing you must accept to get something: «the price of fame». tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths: the cost of one item or a group; price changes, sales, comparisons; «price per», «total price», «sale price». In everyday life: price tags, comparing prices when shopping, «half price». In stories: «at any price», «a high price to pay».
examples
- The price of a pen is 2 dollars. tree →
- The price went down by 5 dollars. tree →
- What is the total price of 3 books? tree →
- The sale price is half of the old price. tree →
- Look at the price tag before you buy. tree →
- Prices go up when things are hard to get. tree →
- The shop priced the toys at 3 dollars each. tree →
- Which shop has the better price for apples? tree →
- He won, but at a price: he hurt his knee. tree →
- The price of the ox is twenty roubles. tree →
note
Price of one × number = total cost. «Went down/up by» means subtract/add. Trap: price «for 3» is not the price of one. «Half price» = price ÷ 2. To compare deals, find the price of one (unit price). Do not confuse price (money) with prize (something you win).
In the corpora
- If prices rise and pay doesn't, a person is really getting poorer each year.
- Energy bills pay for gas and electricity, and their prices rise and fall with world events.
- Borrowing always has a price called interest, so the total paid back is more than the price tag.
- Inflation means prices rise over time, so the same pound buys less; if pay rises more slowly, families are worse off.
- A sale lowers prices; a bargain is only a bargain if you would have bought the thing anyway.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «price» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.