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

See Examples For:

unit price

Those looking to fix their energy unit price instead are facing a similar situation as people searching for a mortgage.

From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026

So the unit price of a token has fallen, yes, but the overall consumption of tokens has gone nuts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025

He said he saw a unit price change from $6.49 per box in March to $7.99 in April around the time of the floods.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2023

Which? says the supermarket does not explain the unit price of deals clearly enough to shoppers, making it hard for them to determine the cheapest product.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2023

When you compare the two regimes, please note that the prices are normalised per regime to a unit price for the sheltered sector, and thus are not comparable over regimes.

From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Colignatus, Thomas