at a price
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Prepositional phrase
[edit]- Requiring a great expense for something to be given over or conceded.
- I will give you the secret plans, but at a price.
- Gained at the cost of incurring unwelcome consequences.
- Winning the war came at a price.
- He was grateful for the recognition, even though it was achieved at a price.
Translations
[edit]requiring a great expense
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gained at the cost of unwelcome consequences
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Further reading
[edit]- “at a price”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “at a price”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “at a price”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “at a price”, in Collins English Dictionary.