- price on and price for - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
'A price on' connotes 'a price set levied on' (probably not the actual words) and is more seller-orientated 'The price for' is nuanced less towards the involvement of the seller, and more towards the product (or even buyer)
- Should it be 10 US$ or US$ 10? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Which is correct to use in a sentence, 10 US$ or US$ 10 Perhaps USD should be used instead or even something else?
- meaning - Differences between price point and price - English . . .
Price point means a point on a scale of possible prices at which something might be marketed; its meaning is different from the meaning of price, which is (principally, but not only) the amount of money expected, required, or given in payment for something People can use a phrase used in a specific context and give it a different, or a wider
- Pricey vs. Pricy - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Etymonline confirms: "1932, from price + -y " Pricey has always been more popular than pricy Pricey is getting even more popular, while pricy fades in comparison So the bottom line is: both spellings are correct, but if you want to be on the safe side, pricey is the way to go
- word usage - Should it be cheaper price or lower price? - English . . .
The Merriam Webster dictionary defines cheap as charging or obtainable at a low price a: a good cheap hotel cheap tickets b : purchasable below the going price or the real value so, strictly speaking, prices cannot be cheap since there is usually no price for a price; goods and services can be cheap or expensive but prices, as you say, can only be low or high The only circumstance, strictly
- What on Earth does cheap at half the price mean?
(in Phrasefinder Bulletin Board): 'Cheap at half the price' is understood to mean 'reasonably priced' and if people understand that meaning why worry about logical niceties? It was never intended to be taken seriously and is a pun on the meaningful phrase 'cheap at twice the price', intended either humorously or in order to deceive
- Is dear commonly used to describe something that costs too much?
Besides, the point I was trying to make is that value is not the same as price - a TV bought at a discount might be worth more than was paid for it, and might hence be valuable but not dear dictionary reference com's page on "dear" mentions "expensive" as definition no5; "valuable" is only mentioned as part of the word's origin, not in usage
- Where did the phrase what price glory fame come from?
What price glory! All we can say to the firefly is: Go, little glow-worm, go, go, go! — Coranado Eagle and Journal (CA), 26 Aug 1965 The teachers’ contract may help the mayor win re-election, but what price glory? If he wins, he’s going to have to figure out how to pay for that contract and the reverberations it will produce in other
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