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prices up

prices up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of price up.

Meaning of price up

Verb

price up (third-person singular simple present prices up, present participle pricing up, simple past and past participle priced up)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To increase the price of.
    • Simply that when marketers think of pricing up, they need to think of themselves as Icarus. Their objectives may be noble, like improving profitability, being able to give their consumers a better product or experience, or being able to spend more on media, but when they get carried away in pricing...2007, Mainak Dhar, Brand Management 101: 101 Lessons from Real-World Marketing, →ISBN, page 107
  2. (transitive) To calculate the price or cost of, especially when a number of components must be taken into account.
    • The builder is coming round this afternoon to price up the job.

Questions about prices up

What is prices up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Prices up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of price up.

Words near prices up in the dictionary

  1. prices
  2. prices current
  3. prices in
  4. prices out
  5. prices to sell
  6. prices up
  7. prices-current
  8. pricetag
  9. pricetags
  10. priceth
  11. pricewise

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