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
Milwaukee Pick ‘n Save stores on East Garfield Avenue and East Lyon Street also use paper price tags.
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Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Laethem said in-store price tags that match the online listing build trust with consumers.
—Summer Ballentine, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
All of those options have big price tags, and some could be out of reach for a small utility with only 4,500 customers.
—Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Not the kind of thrift store that’s actually thrifty, but the kind of thrift store that doesn’t have any price tags because the people who can afford to shop there don’t need to bother themselves with price tags.
—Lex Goldstein, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
With price tags swinging between 250 euros for blouses to roughly 3,000 euros for gowns, Amen collections are available at 80 doors globally, with the biggest part of the distribution network concentrated in Italy.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
Per-acre price tags rose from $2,519 in 2022 to $3,534 this year, according to the survey published in April by North Dakota State University Extensionf Service.
—April Baumgarten, Twin Cities, 16 Oct. 2025
Bankrate's survey respondents were less worried about tariffs causing a rise in Christmas gift price tags.
—Serenah McKay, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2025
But while price tags climb and well-off consumers shell out, auto loan delinquency rates among people with low credit ratings are sitting near all-time highs.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Laethem said in-store price tags that match the online listing build trust with consumers.
—Summer Ballentine, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
All of those options have big price tags, and some could be out of reach for a small utility with only 4,500 customers.
—Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Not the kind of thrift store that’s actually thrifty, but the kind of thrift store that doesn’t have any price tags because the people who can afford to shop there don’t need to bother themselves with price tags.
—Lex Goldstein, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
With price tags swinging between 250 euros for blouses to roughly 3,000 euros for gowns, Amen collections are available at 80 doors globally, with the biggest part of the distribution network concentrated in Italy.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
Per-acre price tags rose from $2,519 in 2022 to $3,534 this year, according to the survey published in April by North Dakota State University Extensionf Service.
—April Baumgarten, Twin Cities, 16 Oct. 2025
Bankrate's survey respondents were less worried about tariffs causing a rise in Christmas gift price tags.
—Serenah McKay, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2025
But while price tags climb and well-off consumers shell out, auto loan delinquency rates among people with low credit ratings are sitting near all-time highs.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for price tags
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Official statistics show cucumber prices have doubled since December, while some shops are reported to be selling them at an even greater mark-up – wartime prices for a salad staple, as the Russian economy slows.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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The majority of Americans belong to the working class and are finding their paychecks unable to keep up with the higher and higher prices of everyday needs.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
21 Feb. 2026
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Stepanova says the early 2025 rate change was implemented to recover costs associated with upgrades to safety and reliability upgrades to natural gas infrastructure, saying a portion of the update took effect in late 2024.—
Tim Dunn,
Boston Herald,
22 Feb. 2026
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But drought and overuse have raised water costs, causing farmers in the western part of the county to leave more than 200,000 acres of land fallow.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
21 Feb. 2026
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Retirees are able to purchase property with an Alien Land Holding License and additional fees.—
Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Feb. 2026
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In Waterfield’s view, the single biggest obstacle for genetic genealogy is the cost of lab work and rising upload fees associated with the DNA databases relied upon by investigators.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Price tags.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/price%20tags. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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