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(in Britain) a list, based on government figures and usually published monthly, that shows the extent of change in the prices of a range of goods selected as being essential items in the budget of a normal householdAbbreviation: RPI

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“Price for adults to $4250; From 10 years to 14 years to $2125; Under 10 years free,” the listing says.
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He is a true advocate for human rights who has paid a horrible price for standing up against the Assad dictatorship.
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He noted that some retail stores that benefit from Christmas sales still instruct employees to wish customers “Happy Holidays.”
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I want to see the sort of thing happening to schools that has already happened to many sorts of retail shops.
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(p. 054) At this period it appears that tobacco was used as money, and as the measure of price and value.
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Yielding to the advice of his friends, he put on it a price the amount of which abashed him.
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The great Mr. Abrahams had an unlimited commission to secure at any price, a long list of great works.
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If the high wage is paid and the short hours are granted, then the price of the thing made, so it seems, rises higher still.
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