Definition

1. Verb:
   • To price, to set a price: "hóa giá" means to officially determine or establish the price of something, typically goods, services, or assets. It often implies a formal or official pricing action, sometimes by an authority.
   • To sell at a fixed price: It can also refer to the act of selling something at a predetermined, often state-set, price.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Chính phủ sẽ hóa giá một số mặt hàng thiết yếu. (The government will price some essential goods.)
  • Công ty đã hóa giá tài sản trước khi bán. (The company priced the assets before selling them.)
  • Căn hộ này đã được hóa giá để bán cho người có thu nhập thấp. (This apartment has been priced for sale to low-income people.)

Advanced Usage

• "Hóa giá" trong bối cảnh kinh tế kế hoạch: (Pricing in a planned economy context): This term is often associated with historical or administrative contexts where the state sets prices.
  • Trong thời kỳ bao cấp, nhà nước hóa giá hầu hết các mặt hàng. (During the subsidy period, the state priced almost all commodities.)

Variants and Related Words

• Định giá (verb): To appraise, to value. (This is a more general term for determining value/price, not necessarily official.)
• Ấn định giá (verb): To fix a price, to set a price officially. (A close synonym.)
• Hội đồng hóa giá (noun phrase): Price control committee. (A committee responsible for pricing.)

Synonyms

• Ấn định giá cả: To fix prices.
• Quy định giá: To regulate/set a price.

Related Phrases (Collocations)

• Hóa giá nhà đất: To price houses and land.
• Hóa giá hàng hóa: To price commodities.
• Chính sách hóa giá: Pricing policy.

Notes on Usage

• The word "hóa giá" carries a formal or administrative nuance. It is less commonly used in everyday casual talk about pricing (where "định giá" or "tính giá" might be used) and more in official, business, or historical contexts.
• It can sometimes imply a conversion of something into a monetary value or a sale at a specific, often advantageous, price set by an authority.

verb

1. to price
   • hội đồng hóa giá
     price control committee