price
noun
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
had been pricing
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past perfect progressiveof price.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Preconflict, markets had been pricing in a couple of rate cuts by the BOE, which Bailey said seemed “pretty reasonable.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
That’s a drastic change from Feb. 27, the day before the war began, when the market had been pricing in a more-than 80% probability of at least two cuts.
From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026
Over the past weeks, financial markets had been pricing in an October rate increase, after a series of economic data pointed to persistent inflation and resilient corporate activity in Japan, despite higher U.S. tariffs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025
Until late last week financial markets had been pricing in a bigger half-point rate hike to stem persistently high inflation.
From Reuters ● Mar. 14, 2023
All that changed on Tuesday, when a poll suggesting a surge in support for the yes campaign acted as a wake-up call that the vote could be much closer than investors had been pricing in.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 3, 2014
