price out
To compute the total price of somethingTo compute the total price of something.
» Prices here are out of this world.
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2 senses(transitive)To compute the total price of something.
(idiomatic, transitive)To exclude (someone) from a market due to rising or unaffordable prices.
High rents are pricing people out.
Examples
5 sentencesPrices here are out of this world.
The price turned out to be lower than I thought.
ruЦена оказалась ниже, чем я думал. — Mihailoff
deDer Preis war dann doch niedriger, als ich dachte. — Vortarulo
Prices are spiralling out of control.
Locals are being priced out of the area.
Petroleum priced coal out of the energy market in Japan.
Forms
prices out, pricing out, priced out, priced out| Base form | price out · to price out |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | prices out |
| Present participle | pricing out |
| Past simple | priced out |
| Past participle | priced out |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.