Explore Prices through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Prices meaning
plural of price
Using Prices
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of price
- In the example corpus, prices often appears in combinations such as: prices are, prices have, prices and.
Context around Prices
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 15 start, 5 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Prices
- In this selection, "prices" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, cattle, oil, pump, generally, affect and higher stand out and add context to how "prices" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after ignoring prices for food, all cattle prices higher fed, food prices, energy prices and crude prices. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "prices" sits close to words such as simply, questions and population, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with prices
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And yes, grocery prices and housing prices are sky-high. (10 words)
Admiral noted that secondhand vehicle prices, a major contributor to damage inflation, had seen prices begin to stabilise. (18 words)
A market where futures prices are generally greater than spot prices is referred to as a “contango” market. (18 words)
As a result, the CPI for tradable prices that are mainly set by world trends rose just 0.3 percent in the March quarter, while prices for non-tradables that are mainly domestic services climbed a steep 1.9 percent. (40 words)
U.S. Gulf Coast ethylene prices were higher as of midday Monday, with prices at the Enterprise hub (MtB-EPC) in Mont Belvieu, Texas, above 17cts/lb and prices at the Choctaw hub in Louisiana at around 15cts/lb. (39 words)
After ignoring prices for food and fuel, which Fed officials see as a better predictor of where inflation may be heading, prices that consumers had to pay last month were in line with expectations. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Fed cattle prices affect all cattle prices, higher fed cattle prices typically mean higher prices upstream in the cattle supply chain, and vice versa.
In view of steep increase in the international prices of fertilizers and inputs including gas prices, government decided to absorb the increased prices by increasing subsidy on P&K fertilizers, including DAP.
Ms O'Neill also said commodity prices fluctuate from year to year, with the high prices seen last year following three years of record low prices during the pandemic.
Prices for domestic sale climbed 63.7 percent, boosted by energy prices, while export prices rose by 23.4 percent.
U.S. Gulf Coast ethylene prices were higher as of midday Monday, with prices at the Enterprise hub (MtB-EPC) in Mont Belvieu, Texas, above 17cts/lb and prices at the Choctaw hub in Louisiana at around 15cts/lb.
Retail prescription drug prices have gone up at a slower rate than have hospital prices and health-care prices generally.
Some meat prices have risen by even more than overall inflation: Beef prices have increased nearly 33% in the 4 1/2 years since the pandemic began, while chicken prices have jumped 31%.
The impact of rising oil prices on inflation would depend on the extent of pass-through to consumers and the time gap between increase in global prices and pump prices, he added.
Each quarter, the prices of some goods and services increase, some prices remain unchanged, and – less frequently – some prices fall.
Timber prices do not always move with lumber prices and in fact, timber prices in CTT's region are up year over year.
While the base prices generally reflect the prices offered in dispensaries, the premium prices are cost-prohibitive for the many Nova Scotians living near, at, or below the poverty line.
Across the Atlantic, rising rent and rebound in gasoline prices helped keep US consumer prices elevated in January, government data showed Tuesday.
Admiral noted that secondhand vehicle prices, a major contributor to damage inflation, had seen prices begin to stabilise.
After ignoring prices for food and fuel, which Fed officials see as a better predictor of where inflation may be heading, prices that consumers had to pay last month were in line with expectations.
A market where futures prices are generally greater than spot prices is referred to as a “contango” market.
And oil prices — the main driver of retail pump prices — continue to set new highs in large part because that’s what Saudi Arabia and Russia want.
And, while prices received were flat, prices paid actually fell, the first time this has happened since May 2020.
And yes, grocery prices and housing prices are sky-high.
As a matter of arithmetic, lower energy costs, bolstered perhaps by lower food prices, could deliver a 5 percentage point cut in consumer prices by late spring.
As a result, the CPI for tradable prices that are mainly set by world trends rose just 0.3 percent in the March quarter, while prices for non-tradables that are mainly domestic services climbed a steep 1.9 percent.
Phrases with prices
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with prices
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- prices are 31×
- prices have 26×
- prices and 24×
- the prices 23×
- gas prices 17×
- prices for 17×
- prices in 17×
- prices of 14×
- food prices 13×
- oil prices 12×