or bird il t; J& A #J 2
(of a person A) to be harmed or affected by sth bad
• verb IBIBl prey on sb’s 'mind (of a thought, problem,
etc. £1 ft, I'glS#) to make sb
think and worry about it all the time laliblM 'prey on/
upon sb/sth 1 (of an animal or a bird #; §,) to hunt
and kill another animal for food Mil"; 2 to harm sb who is weaker than
you, or make use of them in a dishonest way to get what you want , #tl|, il£it ( |j§ # ) : Bogus social workers have been preying on
old people living alone. AftiiA^M
®£Ao
prez /prez/ noun
(slang) = president
prezzie (also pressie) /'prezi/ noun (BrE, informal) a present that you give
sb, for example for their birthday
pri
ap ic /.prai'aepik;
NAmE also -'eip-/ or// 1 (formal) connected with or like a
penis ( H )|SJj M &J 2 (formal) connected with male
sexual activity H A '14 gij fit) 3 (medical BE) having a penis which is always erect (= stiff)
pri ap ism /’praiapizam/ noun [U] (medical BE) a condition in
which a man’s penis remains erect (= stiff) Rf|
m noun 1 [C, U] the amount of
money that you have to pay for sth Boat for sale, price £2 000 A
fn, frfft 2 000 o house/retail/oil/share
prices fefM. / 1/5 /S£J£#t& 0 to charge a high/reasonable/
low price for sth MW&M / it A / 0 The price
of cigarettes is set to rise again. #ig X 1c H s
0 He
managed to get a good price for the car. M
7 o rising/falling prices / X 0
Can you give me a price for the work (= tell me how much you
will charge)? if o
I’m
only buying it if it’s the right price (= a price that I think
is reasonable). o
Children over five must pay (the) full price for the ticket.
0
How much are these? They don’t have a price on them. f
0 It’s amazing how much
computers have come down in price over the past few years. MAjiA/l A, X® W H A A ^ A M if
. o price rises/
increases/cuts ±.ft / HkM / NH0; 0 a price list Iff fU
^ —see
also asking price, cost price, cut-price,
SYNONYMS
price
cost ♦ value ♦ expense ♦ worth
These words all refer to the amount of money that you have to pay for
sth. UZ^-M^falffiM., iff@ka price the amount of money that you have to pay
for an item or service 0M£: house
prices J%Mlffl& o How much are
these? They don’t have a price on them. o / can’t
afford it at that price. cost the amount of money that
you need in order to buy, make or do sth
J&A, JtM
'. A new computer system has been
installed at a cost of £80 000.
o
value how much sth is worth in money or other
goods for which it can be exchanged tfaiftOH: The winner
will receive a prize to the value of£1 000. fkWc:f/WVf3\!ff HA 1 000 ESsHl Especially in British
English, value can also mean how much sth
is worth compared with its price. value
^jfMMGlfcMH, mnm-. This restaurant is
excellent value (= is worth the money it costs).
PRICE, COST OR VALUE? $ price, cost EM
value ?
The price is what sb asks you to pay
for an item or service. * price
JfftiftlSflfMS’Mlfiff: to ask/charge a high price Hffr / o to ask/charge a high cost/vahte
1569
HALF-PRICE, LIST PRICE, MARKET PRICE, PURCHASE price,
selling price 2
[sing.]
~
(of sth) | ~ (for sth/for doing
sth) the
unpleasant things that you must do or experience in order to achieve sth or as
a result of achieving sth ftH: Criticism is part of the price of leadership. iHltb 0 Loneliness
is a high price to pay for
independence in your old age.
iii 0 Giving up his
job was a small price to
pay for his children’s happiness.
3
[C] (in
horse racing ||S>) the
numbers that tell you how much money you will receive if the horse that you bet
on wins the race In ^ EBC3 odds
: Six to one is a good
price for that horse.
—
see also starting price IT»7?1 at any price whatever the cost or
the difficulties may be Ait'fiM’flH/h AifcMM: We want peace at any
price. A
T ,
ffc ff] A fa j£ MK. at a 'price 1 costing a lot of money H
Iff; Vi A : You can buy
strawberries all year round, but at a price. , Ail
2 involving
sth unpleasant # ft iff: He’ll help you—at a price! — ^flftffr! beyond
'price (formal or literary) extremely valuable or
important AH #J; everyone has
their
price (saying) you can persuade anyone
to do sth by giving them more money or sth that they want IjtM ZT,
mnZ;
Afft; $$ not at 'any
price used to say that no
amount of money would persuade you to do or to sell sth AifcMHifrA;
A : I wouldn’t work for
her again—not at any price! ^MAfUilT, &£Af£&A$U a'price on sb’s head
an
amount of money that is offered for capturing or killing sb ) £ AW&!8:& put
a ' price on sth to say how much money
sth valuable is worth ( AMMtl ) They haven’t yet put a
price on the business. ffto 0 You
can’t put a price on that
sort of loyalty. 11$ # HA'S 4> it A 'what price ... ? (BrE, informal)
1
used to say that you think
that sth you have achieved may not be worth all the problems and difficulties
it causes ( iA At# Ait A ) ••• Atft#, - -Hf: What price fame and fortune? % %ij ^ ft ft fBj" % A 0
2
used to say that sth seems unlikely ( iA A is A A ) ••• Rf , • •• A nJ tls BE
: What price
Obtaining or achieving sth may have a cost; the value of sth is how much other
people would be willing to pay for it. * cost value
house prices o
the cost of moving house o The house now has a
market value of one million
pounds. ABHWH
mhia ioo Em*.
expense the money that you spend on
sth; sth that makes you spend money ,
ISIIWAM, Jf
: The garden was transformed at great expense. Vi
o
Running
a car is a big expense, AJFi&feCo
worth the financial value of sb/sth He has a
personal net worth of $10 million.
1 AAASil't'A^^Ao CEH1 Worth is more often
used to mean the practical or moral value of
sth.
* worth
PATTERNS
AND COLLOCATIONS
■
the high price/cost/value/expense of sth
■
the real/true price/cost/value/expense/worth of sth
■
to put/set a price/value on sth
■
to lower/reduce/cut the
price/cost/value/expense of sth
■
to increase/raise the price/cost/value/expense of sth
■
to drop/fall/go down in price/value
to go up/increase/rise in
price/value