price
noun
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
was pricing
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past progressiveof price.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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As of Friday, the market was pricing in three or four hikes this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
The market was pricing in just shy of 50 percent chance of a March cut before the jobs report, but in the immediate aftermath of the report that was up to around 60 percent.
From Barron's ● Dec. 16, 2025
Matt Stucky, chief portfolio manager of equities at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management, said that heading into the third-quarter earnings season, the market was pricing in something of a slowdown from the second quarter.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2025
The futures markets this morning was pricing in no change to the prime lending rate, but a probable increase in July.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2023
The next day at work, I was pricing cans.
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
