Definition

1. Noun:
   • A physical label attached to an item that displays its selling price: A small piece of paper, plastic, or card attached to a product in a store, showing the amount of money required to purchase it.
   • The cost or value of something, often considered in a figurative sense: The amount that must be paid or sacrificed to obtain or achieve something.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Literal):
  • I checked the price tag on the shirt before deciding to buy it.
  • The price tag was missing, so I had to ask a clerk for the cost.
• Noun (Figurative):
  • Fame often comes with a high price tag, such as a loss of privacy.
  • The environmental price tag of the new policy is too great to ignore.

Advanced Usage

• "to carry/have a high price tag": To be very expensive, either in monetary or non-monetary terms.
  • Luxury cars carry a high price tag.
  • His reckless behavior had a high price tag: the loss of his job.
• "to put a price tag on something": To assign a value or cost to something, often something abstract.
  • You can't put a price tag on happiness.

Variants and Related Words

• Price sticker (n): A synonym for a physical price tag, often an adhesive label.
• Tag (n): A more general term for a label, which can include a price tag.
• Pricing (n): The act of setting a price on something.

Synonyms

• Sticker price: The price as marked on a tag or sticker.
• Cost: The price required to buy, do, or make something.
• Label: A broader term for any piece of paper or material attached to an object to give information.

Related Phrases

• Price tag mentality: A focus on the cost of things above all else.
  • We need to move beyond a price tag mentality and consider the social value.
• Without a price tag: Priceless; of such value that a monetary cost cannot be assigned.
  • Her kindness is a gift without a price tag.

Idioms

• Look at the price tag: To consider the cost of something before making a decision.
  • Before you get excited about the project, you need to look at the price tag.
• The price tag tells the story: The cost itself reveals the quality, value, or nature of the item.
  • It's the finest materials and craftsmanship—the price tag tells the story.

Noun

1. a tag showing the price of the article it is attached to