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  • 61price — price1 W1S1 [praıs] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: pris, from Latin pretium price, money ] 1.) [U and C] the amount of money you have to pay for something ▪ People are prepared to pay high prices for designer clothes. price of ▪ The… …

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  • 62price — I UK [praɪs] / US noun Word forms price : singular price plural prices *** 1) [countable] the amount of money that you have to pay in order to buy something They charge the same prices in all their restaurants. The cameras range in price from… …

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  • 63high — high1 W1S1 [haı] adj comparative higher superlative highest ↑high, ↑low ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(from bottom to top)¦ 2¦(above ground)¦ 3¦(large number)¦ 4¦(good standard)¦ 5¦(containing a lot)¦ 6¦(rank/position)¦ …

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  • 64Price Skimming — A product pricing strategy by which a firm charges the highest initial price that customers will pay. As the demand of the first customers is satisfied, the firm lowers the price to attract another, more price sensitive segment. Therefore, the… …

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  • 65price — [[t]pra͟ɪs[/t]] ♦ prices, pricing, priced 1) N COUNT: usu with supp, also in N The price of something is the amount of money that you have to pay in order to buy it. ...a sharp increase in the price of petrol... They expected house prices to rise …

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  • 66high-priced — adjective having a high price (Freq. 2) costly jewelry high priced merchandise much too dear for my pocketbook a pricey restaurant • Syn: ↑costly, ↑dear, ↑pricey, ↑ …

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  • 67Price Sensitivity — The degree to which the price of a product affects consumers purchasing behaviors. The degree of price sensitivity varies from product to product and from consumer to consumer. In economics, price sensitivity is commonly measured using the price… …

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  • 68price — /praɪs / (say pruys) noun 1. the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale. 2. a sum offered for the capture of a person alive or dead: a price on a man s head. 3. the sum of money, or other… …

  • 69price support — Government intervention to set an artificially high price through the use of a price floor designed to aid producers. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * price support price support ➔ support2 * * * price support UK US noun [U] ► ECONOMICS,… …

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  • 70high — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 a of great vertical extent (a high building). b (predic.; often in comb.) of a specified height (one inch high; water was waist high). 2 a far above ground or sea level etc. (a high altitude). b inland, esp. when raised… …

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