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price

(prīs)

1. The amount as of money or goods, asked for or given in exchange for something else.

2. The cost at which something is obtained: believes that the price of success is hard work.

3. The cost of bribing someone: maintained that every person has a price.

4. A reward offered for the capture or killing of a person: a felon with a price on his head.

5. Archaic Value or worth.

tr.v. priced, pric·ing, pric·es

1. To fix or establish a price for: shoes that are priced at sixty dollars.

2. To find out the price of: spent the day pricing dresses.

Idiom:

price out of the market

To eliminate the demand for (goods or services) by setting prices too high.

[Middle English pris, from Old French, from Latin pretium; see per- in Indo-European roots.]

price′a·ble adj.

pric′er n.

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pricing

(ˈpraɪsɪŋ)

the act or an instance of setting a price for a product or service(as modifier)

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Noun

pricing - the evaluation of something in terms of its price

rating, valuation, evaluation - an appraisal of the value of something; "he set a high valuation on friendship"

price gouging - pricing above the market price when no alternative retailer is available

Translations

prisée

pricing

[ˈpraɪsɪŋ]

A. N → fijación f de precios

B. CPD pricing policy N → política f tarifaria

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pricing

[ˈpraɪsɪŋ]

n (= prices) → prix mpl

modif [structure] → des prix; [strategy, policy] → de prix

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