price
/praɪs/ nounDefinition
COST [C] › the amount of money that you pay to buy something: high/low prices House prices are falling/rising. The price of fuel has gone up again.
RESULT [no plural] › the unpleasant results that you must accept or experience for getting or doing something: Suspension from the club was a high/small price to pay (= very bad/not very bad thing to experience) for his mistake. The price of this peace will be perpetual vigilance.
at a price › If you can get something at a price, you have to pay a lot of money for it: False passports are available, at a price.
at any price › If you want something at any price, you will do anything to get it: She wanted the job at any price.
(Definition of price noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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