{
    "term": "price",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the amount of money that you have to pay for something",
            "sensetop": "price for somethingin priceat a pricefor a price",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Boat for sale, price £8 000"
                },
                {
                    "text": "house/oil/share prices"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**rising/falling prices**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **increase/lower/reduce prices**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We will have to **raise** ticket **prices**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company has announced that it is **cutting prices**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In the past year, house **prices have fallen**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **price** of crude oil **has risen** over the last few months."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to charge a **high/reasonable/low price** for something",
                    "contextForm": "price for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **pay/charge a price** for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He managed to get a good price for the car."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Retail prices** for food at the supermarket rose just under two per cent in the first quarter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can you **give me a price** for the work *(= tell me how much you will charge)*?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Children over five must pay (the) **full price** for the ticket."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm only buying it if it's the **right price** *(= a price that I think is reasonable)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "How much are these? They don't have a price on them."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most new technology comes down in price with time.",
                    "contextForm": "in price"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a rise/an increase/a fall/a drop in price"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They sell quality art supplies at discount prices.",
                    "contextForm": "at a price"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't think you'll be able to sell it for that price.",
                    "contextForm": "for a price"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**price rises/increases/hikes/cuts**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "House prices went up by 5 per cent last year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can't afford it at that price."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I got a number of suppliers to quote me their best prices."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The painting could break the record for the highest price paid for a work by the artist."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There has been a massive increase in prices charged by bus companies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If prices slump further, the farmers will starve."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's always worth comparing prices before you buy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Oil is set in go up in price."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Prices go from $30 for the standard model to $150 for the de luxe version."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Prices soared during the war."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Property in the area is now fetching ridiculously high prices."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The average price per gallon was $5.09."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The campaign urged retailers to drop their prices."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The car has a base price of $28 640."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The deal would boost gas prices."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The price of fuel is prohibitive."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The suggested retail price of the smartwatch is £139.00."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These laptops range in price from $ 300 to £3 000."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They charge exorbitant prices for their goods."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They sell cars at fixed prices, with no haggling."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need to adjust our prices to reflect our actual costs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We sell quality tools at the right price."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The price includes dinner, bed and breakfast."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It took eight clicks to find the price list."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Business", "Shopping", "Money"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["exorbitant", "high", "inflated"],
                "verb + price": ["command", "fetch", "go for"],
                "price + verb": ["climb", "double", "go up"],
                "price + noun": ["level", "range", "hike"],
                "preposition": ["at a/​the price", "in price"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a drop in price",
                    "a fall in price",
                    "a reduction in price"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the unpleasant things that you must do or experience in order to achieve something or as a result of achieving something",
            "sensetop": "price for somethingprice for doing somethingat a… price",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Criticism is part of the price of leadership."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Loneliness is **a high price to pay** for independence in your old age.",
                    "contextForm": "price for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Giving up his job was **a small price to pay** for his children's happiness."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The team paid a heavy price for its lack of preparation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Being recognized wherever you go is the price you pay for being famous.",
                    "contextForm": "price for doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His success **came at a** high **price**.",
                    "contextForm": "at a… price"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the numbers that tell you how much money you will receive if the horse that you bet on wins the race",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Six to one is a good price for that horse."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Sports: other sports"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "whatever the cost or the difficulties may be",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We want peace at any price."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "costing a lot of money",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You can buy strawberries all year round, but at a price."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Food is available, at a price."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "involving something unpleasant",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He'll help you—at a price!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "extremely valuable or important",
            "labels": "(formal or literary)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "so good or useful that the cost does not seem too much",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "To buy all the recommended equipment is expensive, but as an investment for the future it is cheap at the price."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "you can persuade anyone to do something by giving them more money or something that they want",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that no amount of money would persuade you to do or to sell something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I wouldn't work for her again—not at any price!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to suffer because of bad luck, a mistake or something you have done",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He looked terrible this morning. I think he's paying the penalty for all those late nights."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They're now paying the price for past mistakes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She thinks that any inconvenience is **a price worth paying** for living in such a beautiful place."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's now paying the penalty for his misspent youth."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If Mac had killed Caroline, then he was going to make him pay the price."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "an amount of money that is offered for capturing or killing somebody",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Ever since he killed the gang’s leader, there has been a price on his head."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to say how much money something valuable is worth",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They haven't yet put a price on the business."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can't put a price on that sort of loyalty."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can't put a price on happiness."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "used to say that you think that something you have achieved may not be worth all the problems and difficulties it causes",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "What price fame and fortune?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used to say that something seems unlikely",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "What price England winning the World Cup?"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/praɪs/",
                "audio": "pr/price/price__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/praɪs/",
                "audio": "pr/price/price__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: the noun from Old French pris, from Latin pretium ‘value, reward’; the verb, a variant (by assimilation to the noun) of earlier prise ‘estimate the value of’ (see prize). Compare with praise."
}