noun/verb · neutral
price
/praɪs/PRICE
Band 4-5speakingtask2
the amount of money you pay to buy something
Examples
“How much is the price of this jacket?”
“They priced the tickets too high for students.”
“The price of petrol has gone up recently.”
Band 8 sentence
“The retailer raised the price to reflect rising manufacturing costs and supply shortages.”
Collocations
- set the price
- at a low/high price
- the price of
Word family
price nounto price verbpriceless adjective
Common mistakes
How much money is the shirt?→How much is the shirt?
The price of electricity become higher.→The price of electricity has become higher.
Say it for a higher band
5money→6cost→7+price
Synonyms
cost
Easily confused
cost
“The cost of producing the phone was higher than expected.”
fee
“You must pay a registration fee to join the course.”
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In Shopping & Money
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