unit price

American  

noun

1. rate.

2. a price for a service or commodity that includes all extra costs incidental to the item.

   the unit price of a wedding.

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unit price British  

noun

1. a price for foodstuffs, etc, stated or shown as the cost per unit, as per pound, per kilogram, per dozen, etc

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Etymology

Origin of unit price

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Bills had been scheduled for a sharper rise in April, but ministers offered a three-month extension to the Energy Price Guarantee, which caps the unit price of energy and means the typical household will pay £2,500 a year.

From BBC

You also want to check the unit price.

From Washington Post

The average unit price for U.S. fresh beef in April rose by 5% from March and was up about 10% from a year earlier, according to NielsenIQ data.

From Reuters

Its unit price recently dropped below $80 million, making it cheaper than Boeing’s competing F15-EX on a plane-by-plane basis.

From Seattle Times

Not counting the cost of its historically-significant packaging, the auctioned Hinomaru crate has a unit price that is roughly around $96 per orange.

From Fox News