price tag

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noun
  1. a label or tag that shows the price of the item to which it is attached.

Origin of price tag

1
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

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How to use price tag in a sentence

  • Tall boys not quite nineteen did not own late-model Spacemasters with price-tags of cr.

    Starman's Quest | Robert Silverberg
  • The civilization of to-day—including sanitary plumbing—is possible because price-tags were invented.

    H. R. | Edwin Lefevre
  • There are piles of food everywhere, with prominent price tags.

  • As he passed store windows the price-tags were the first thing he saw.

    The Wall Street Girl | Frederick Orin Bartlett

British Dictionary definitions for price tag

price tag

noun
  1. a ticket or label on an article for sale showing its price

  2. the cost, esp of something not usually priced: the price tag on a top footballer

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