price tags

noun

plural of price tag
as in prices
the amount of money that is demanded as payment for something a weeklong cruise on the luxury liner sounded great, but the price tag was enough to make me choke

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Recent Examples of price tags Digital price tags are rapidly replacing paper ones in grocery aisles. — Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026 Since then, the designs (and their price tags) have only gotten more extravagant. — Amanda Le, InStyle, 17 Oct. 2026 But arguably the biggest flex Chromebooks have over regular laptops is their dramatically lower price tags. — George Yang, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026 Our team has tested dozens of brand-new vehicles in 2026 ranging from affordable hatchbacks and sedans under $30,000 to luxury vehicles with six-figure price tags. — Charles Singh, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026 The price tags may raise eyebrows, but students are the ones living with the results. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026 Upscale restaurants and venues these days are dressing dogs up with edible gold, caviar and price tags of up to $100. — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Why price tags are appearing in hotel rooms Price tags in hotel rooms are a relatively new phenomenon—and a controversial one. — Scott Campbell, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Aug. 2026 With price tags of $30 million or more, no museum or other public institution can afford to participate in these auctions, according to Brusatte. — Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 13 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for price tags
  1. prices
  2. costs
  3. fees
Noun
  • The authors found a long-run relationship between top incomes and art prices and argued that high-end art prices are driven less by the average person’s buying power than by how much the wealthiest can spend.
    — Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The International Energy Agency has warned that constraints on the diesel market will likely keep prices elevated into the next year.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of prices
Noun
  • That flexibility, whether enabled by SSTs or other controls, could lower costs and speed up grid connections.
    — Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Anger about rising inflation, from energy prices to housing costs, has led to clashes in Italy and Portugal.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of costs
Noun
  • The Republican, who is leaving the House this term after losing her bid to be South Carolina governor, introduced a proposal this week to require that anyone who brings such a case and loses must pay attorney fees for the defendant.
    — MEG KINNARD, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
  • That effort resulted in nearly two decades of litigation with PG&E and almost $30 million in legal fees and other expenses, according to The Modesto Bee.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of fees

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“Price tags.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/price%20tags. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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