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mates' rate

noun [C]
 
 
informal

Definition

a cheaper price than normal because the buyer is a friendCosting or worth little or no money
(Definition of mates' rate noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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