price up
B2 neutral mixed transitive
In simple words
to find how much something costs or put a price on it
Literal meaning: Literally, to put a price up onto something.
Meanings
1 B2 neutral
to calculate how much something will cost
"We spent the afternoon pricing up the materials for the extension."
Grammar: separable
2 B2 neutral
to attach price labels to goods in a shop
"The assistant was pricing up a new delivery of shirts."
Grammar: separable
3 C1 neutral
to set the selling price of something, sometimes at a high level
"They priced the new model up at nearly a thousand dollars."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Common in retail and planning. In some varieties of English, it often means putting price labels on goods; it can also mean calculating likely cost.
Commonly used with
items goods stock a job materials furniture
Forms
Base
price up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
prices up
he/she/it
Past simple
priced up
yesterday
Past participle
priced up
have + pp
-ing form
pricing up
continuous
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