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price

/praɪs/noun

उच्चारण प्राइस

मूल्य, दाम, क़ीमत

Basic word

noun
  1. 1

    [C, U]

    the amount of money that you have to pay for something; the unpleasant things that you must experience or do in order to achieve something

    मूल्य, दाम, क़ीमत

    • the price of petrol
    • the price of success
    • The price of tomatoes has gone up again.
    + 2 more examples
    • What's the price of this book?
    • Honesty sometimes comes at a high price.

    Synonyms cost charge rate fee sacrifice

verb
  1. 1

    [T]

    to fix the price of something at a particular level; to write the price on goods

    दाम तय करना

    • The book is priced at 300 rupees.
    • The shop priced the phone too high.
    • The tickets are priced at five hundred rupees each.
    + 1 more example
    • Each item is clearly priced.

    Synonyms value rate cost evaluate assess

Idioms 2

at a price

costing a lot of money; involving sth unpleasant

महँगे दाम पर; कुछ खोकर

  • You can buy fresh mangoes in winter — at a price.
  • Success came at a price.

pay the price (for sth)

to suffer because of mistakes you have made

अपनी ग़लती की क़ीमत चुकाना

  • He's now paying the price for years of smoking.
  • We are paying the price for cutting down forests.
◇Word family
pricey adj.priceless adj.
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

cost charge rate fee sacrifice value evaluate assess

?Which word?

Keep apart price (the money you pay for something), cost (the money needed to produce or do something) and value (how much something is worth).

Price (किसी चीज़ के लिए चुकाया धन, दाम), cost (कुछ बनाने या करने में लगने वाला धन, लागत) और value (किसी चीज़ का मूल्य) को अलग रखिए।

§Grammar and usage

Trap: priceless means extremely valuable, not worthless.

Trap: priceless का अर्थ अत्यंत मूल्यवान है, मूल्यहीन नहीं।

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

At any price (whatever the cost), at a price (at a high cost), beyond price (extremely valuable), pay the price (suffer as a result of something), put a price on sth (say how much something is worth), price yourself out of the market (charge too much).

Idioms बहुत पूछे जाते हैं: at any price (किसी भी क़ीमत पर), at a price (ऊँची क़ीमत पर), beyond price (अत्यंत मूल्यवान), pay the price (किसी चीज़ का परिणाम भुगतना, क़ीमत चुकाना), put a price on sth (किसी चीज़ का मूल्य बताना), price yourself out of the market (बहुत अधिक दाम लेना)।

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General knowledge

Economics: inflation means a general rise in prices; the RBI aims to keep inflation at about 4 per cent.

अर्थशास्त्र में inflation (मुद्रास्फीति) का अर्थ कीमतों में सामान्य वृद्धि है; RBI मुद्रास्फीति को लगभग 4 प्रतिशत पर रखने का लक्ष्य रखता है।