hefty price tag

noun

: a high price
The equipment carries a hefty price tag.

Examples of hefty price tag in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web That longer reproductive season under ALAN came with a hefty price tag. Lee Alan Dugatkin, Scientific American, 14 May 2024 Making such a program permanent for a fifth of Brazil’s population would cost approximately $70 billion a year, a hefty price tag. Luis Alberto Moreno, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2020 Now, the city faces a potentially hefty price tag to repair the fountain. Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2024 Privately, some executives have said that keeping up with the requirements may amount to a hefty price tag to preserve an employee’s ability to log on from the comfort of home. Todd Gillespie, Fortune, 18 May 2024 But the proposal received pushback from residents and some officials who were concerned about the hefty price tag, the bidding process, and whether the county even needs a new library. Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 19 Mar. 2024 The latest addition to Tom Brady's jewelry collection reportedly has a hefty price tag! Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 9 May 2024 Yet despite its hefty price tag, Soho House has lost money every year since its doors opened in 1995. Maria Aspan, Fortune, 2 May 2024 The platform would come with a hefty price tag that only the biggest tech companies could afford, something that’s likely to raise antitrust concerns. Mary Clare Jalonick and Haleluya Hadero, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2024

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“Hefty price tag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hefty%20price%20tag. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.

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