Thesaurus article:to have a certain monetary value

These words and phrases are all used to talk about the amount of money you must give for something in order to have or use it.

One common word to describe this iscost.Costcan be used to talk about specific amounts needed to have or use something, or to talk generally about whether something is expensive or not.

For words related to things costing more money than you expect, see the article atexpensive. For words related to things costing less than you expect, see the article atcheap.

It is also very common to use the verbbeto talk about the specific amount of money that you must pay for something.

In slightly more formal language, you can say that somethingsells fora certain amount of money.Sell foris often used to describe things that cost a lot of money. It is not used as often ascostorbeare used when describing the prices of ordinary things that are necessary for living, such as groceries.

You can also use the verbfetchto talk about things that cost a large amount of money.

The phrasal verbgo forcan be used to describe the amount of money that luxury items cost, or to describe the cost of very expensive things.

In informal language, you can say that things that cost a lot of moneyset you backor, in informal UK English,knock you back. You can use both phrases without an object or with an object.

Things thatare pricedorare priced ata certain amount are being sold for that amount. When used this way,priceis often passive, and it is always used with a specific amount.

The most common way to ask about the price of something is to usehow muchat the beginning of a question.