price tag

noun

Synonyms of price tagnext
1
: a tag on merchandise showing the price at which it is offered for sale
2
: price, cost

Examples of price tag in a Sentence

The price tag is missing so I don't know how much this sweater costs. a weeklong cruise on the luxury liner sounded great, but the price tag was enough to make me choke
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The $2,000,000 price tag on each of these spacecraft means one kilowatt of power costs $100,000, Zubrin says. Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026 New York followed with a $75 billion price tag attached. Yaël Ossowski, Boston Herald, 30 May 2026 That repetitive work carries an astronomical price tag. Omar Kardoudi may 29, New Atlas, 29 May 2026 The mayor’s team has not yet released the price tag for the excursion, which was paid for by the public-private agency controlled by his office, World Business Chicago. Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for price tag

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of price tag was in 1880

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“Price tag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/price%20tag. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.

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