put a price on
idiom
1
: to ask for a particular amount of money for (something one is selling)
The owners have not yet put a price on the house.
2
: to say how important or valuable something is
—usually used in negative statements to say that something is extremely important and valuable
You can't put a price on true love.
Examples of put a price on in a Sentence
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Sure, a wrestling team may play a part in a school spirit, but if forced to put a price on it, would the average college be willing to pay it?
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Bryan Walsh, Vox, 29 May 2024
While no one has ever tried to put a price on an asteroid, critical metals get reappraised by markets every day.
—WIRED, 20 Oct. 2023
The tax gives credit to countries that put a price on carbon, allowing importers of goods from those countries to deduct payments made for overseas emissions from the amount owed at the EU’s borders.
—Matthew Dalton, wsj.com, 18 Apr. 2023
And with the postgrad job market as cutthroat as ever, who can put a price on that?
—Norman Vanamee, Town & Country, 16 June 2023
In attempting to put a price on historical wrongs, California is forcing answers to questions that can’t be derived with neat equations: Who will be compensated and for what?
—Karen Breslau, Fortune, 7 June 2023
Tuesday’s vote caps nearly two years of negotiations on the import tax, which aims to push economies around the world to put a price on carbon-dioxide emissions while shielding the EU’s manufacturers from countries that aren’t regulating emissions as strictly, or at all.
—Matthew Dalton, wsj.com, 18 Apr. 2023
And with the postgrad job market as cutthroat as ever, who can put a price on that?
—Norman Vanamee, Town & Country, 16 June 2023
In attempting to put a price on historical wrongs, California is forcing answers to questions that can’t be derived with neat equations: Who will be compensated and for what?
—Karen Breslau, Fortune, 7 June 2023
Bryan Walsh, Vox, 29 May 2024
While no one has ever tried to put a price on an asteroid, critical metals get reappraised by markets every day.
—WIRED, 20 Oct. 2023
The tax gives credit to countries that put a price on carbon, allowing importers of goods from those countries to deduct payments made for overseas emissions from the amount owed at the EU’s borders.
—Matthew Dalton, wsj.com, 18 Apr. 2023
And with the postgrad job market as cutthroat as ever, who can put a price on that?
—Norman Vanamee, Town & Country, 16 June 2023
In attempting to put a price on historical wrongs, California is forcing answers to questions that can’t be derived with neat equations: Who will be compensated and for what?
—Karen Breslau, Fortune, 7 June 2023
Tuesday’s vote caps nearly two years of negotiations on the import tax, which aims to push economies around the world to put a price on carbon-dioxide emissions while shielding the EU’s manufacturers from countries that aren’t regulating emissions as strictly, or at all.
—Matthew Dalton, wsj.com, 18 Apr. 2023
And with the postgrad job market as cutthroat as ever, who can put a price on that?
—Norman Vanamee, Town & Country, 16 June 2023
In attempting to put a price on historical wrongs, California is forcing answers to questions that can’t be derived with neat equations: Who will be compensated and for what?
—Karen Breslau, Fortune, 7 June 2023
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