heavy price

  • 1pay a heavy price — (for sth) ► to be in a very difficult situation because of a mistake or bad decision that has been made: »If we reject the deal, we will pay a heavy price in terms of trade, jobs, and investment. Main Entry: ↑heavy …

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  • 2pay a heavy price for sth — pay a heavy price (for sth) ► to be in a very difficult situation because of a mistake or bad decision that has been made: »If we reject the deal, we will pay a heavy price in terms of trade, jobs, and investment. Main Entry: ↑heavy …

    Financial and business terms

  • 3heavy — An equities market now dominated by sellers, or oversupply, resulting in falling prices . Bloomberg Financial Dictionary See: overbought, resistance level, tired. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * heavy heav‧y [ˈhevi] adjective FINANCE if the… …

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  • 4price — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ exorbitant, high, inflated, prohibitive, steep ▪ They charge exorbitant prices for their goods. ▪ The price of fuel is prohibitive …

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  • 5heavy — heav|y1 [ hevi ] adjective *** ▸ 1 with a lot of weight ▸ 2 many things ▸ 3 with physical effort ▸ 4 showing anger ▸ 5 smell: sweet & strong ▸ 6 not attractive ▸ 7 with a lot of force etc. ▸ 8 uncomfortable or tired ▸ 9 very severe ▸ 10… …

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  • 6heavy — I UK [ˈhevɪ] / US adjective Word forms heavy : adjective heavy comparative heavier superlative heaviest *** 1) a heavy object weighs a lot She was struggling with a heavy suitcase. Careful – that box is pretty heavy. You should soon be able to… …

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  • 7price — priceable, adj. /pruys/, n., v., priced, pricing. n. 1. the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale. 2. a sum offered for the capture of a person alive or dead: The authorities put a price… …

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  • 8price — price1 [ praıs ] noun *** 1. ) count the amount of money that you have to pay in order to buy something: They charge the same prices in all their restaurants. The cameras range in price from $150 to over $600. The price per person goes down for… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 9price — I UK [praɪs] / US noun Word forms price : singular price plural prices *** 1) [countable] the amount of money that you have to pay in order to buy something They charge the same prices in all their restaurants. The cameras range in price from… …

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  • 10price*/*/*/ — [praɪs] noun I 1) [C] the amount of money that you have to pay in order to buy something Oil was at its lowest price in 30 years.[/ex] For a limited period only, all our carpets are being sold at half price.[/ex] They ll do the work for you, at a …

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