at a price
English
Alternative froms
- for a price
Prepositional phrase
at a price
- 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
requiring a great expense
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gained at the cost of unwelcome consequences
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Further reading
- “at a price”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “at a price”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
- “at a price” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- “at a price” in the Collins English Dictionary