price tag

American  

noun

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

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price tag British  

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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Etymology

Origin of price tag

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

Example Sentences

Asked at a launch event late last year about the phone’s price tag, a Samsung executive said that to bring the device’s price down the company had kept “cutting and cutting again.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The pitch is also missing a price tag.

From MarketWatch

Analysts at Rystad Energy are among the first to put a price tag on estimates to fix it: at least $25 billion, and very possibly more.

From MarketWatch

Analysts at Rystad Energy are among the first to put a price tag on estimates to fix it: at least $25 billion, and very possibly more.

From MarketWatch

Without a look at a city-commissioned Dodger Stadium traffic mitigation study, expected to be completed this fall, Hernandez said she could not put a price tag on it.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• cost