Meaning & use
price
The amount of money required to buy, sell, or obtain something.
See it in a sentence
The price of the laptop dropped significantly during the holiday sale.
They couldn't agree on a fair price for the used car.
A note on using this word
"Price" refers to the actual monetary amount, while "cost" can also include non-monetary sacrifices, as in "the cost of his ambition."
Words with a similar meaning
costcharge
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To set or determine the amount of money something will cost.
The store priced the jacket too high, so few customers bought it.
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