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

  • He will be patient to wait for the day when everything will get its own price tag and real worth will come into its own.

    The Pursuit of God | A. W. Tozer
  • The price-tag, which Gardiner had deftly slipped off the coat before showing it, was marked $18.

    The Bail Jumper | Robert J. C. Stead
  • On her lap was a little boy in a white suit that still had the price tag on one trouser leg, Joan noticed.

    Joan of the Journal | Helen Diehl Olds
  • There is often no difference perceptible to the ordinary eye between cheap and high-priced clothing once the price tag is off.

    Creative Chemistry | Edwin E. Slosson
  • All right, Peter Champneys, you shall have your chance to do it,—with a price-tag attached.

    The Purple Heights | Marie Conway Oemler

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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