going rate
noun
: the average or usual price that is charged for something
What's the going rate for a babysitter?
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The going rate is around fifteen hundred dollars.
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Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
My going rate for a novel is one to two years.
—Big Think, 21 Nov. 2025
About $115 million would be a lot to play for a player of Hachimura's caliber, but that's the going rate for above-average role players in the NBA.
—Jon Conahan, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
The going rate for Ridiculousness episodes is $61,000 per episode as an on-camera fee and $21,000 per episode as a producer, with the extra $10 million being given as bonuses.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
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Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
My going rate for a novel is one to two years.
—Big Think, 21 Nov. 2025
About $115 million would be a lot to play for a player of Hachimura's caliber, but that's the going rate for above-average role players in the NBA.
—Jon Conahan, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
The going rate for Ridiculousness episodes is $61,000 per episode as an on-camera fee and $21,000 per episode as a producer, with the extra $10 million being given as bonuses.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for going rate
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“Going rate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/going%20rate. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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