| 词汇 | thesaurus_articles_to-have-a-certain-monetary-value |
| 释义 | to have a certain monetary valueThese 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 is cost. Cost can be used to talk about specific amounts needed to have or use something, or to talk generally about whether something is expensive or not. Hiring a car for the week will cost close to £300! It will cost you a few hundred quid. That cost less than I expected. How much do tickets cost? For words related to things costing more money than you expect, see the article at expensive. For words related to things costing less than you expect, see the article at cheap. It is also very common to use the verb be to talk about the specific amount of money that you must pay for something. The cakes were £1.50 each or two for £2. In slightly more formal language, you can say that something sells for a certain amount of money. Sell for is often used to describe things that cost a lot of money. It is not used as often as cost or be are used when describing the prices of ordinary things that are necessary for living, such as groceries. The tickets sell for £100 each. I can't believe the painting sold for over £2 million. You can also use the verb fetch to talk about things that cost a large amount of money. The medieval manuscript fetched a record-breaking £1.2 million at auction. The phrasal verb go for can be used to describe the amount of money that luxury items cost, or to describe the cost of very expensive things. Houses around here usually go for about £500,000. Tickets for the fundraiser are going for several thousand pounds a piece. In informal language, you can say that things that cost a lot of money set you back or, in informal UK English, knock you back. You can use both phrases without an object or with an object. Phew, that ring looks like it set you back. That computer set him back a few thousand quid! That house must have knocked them back a bit. I reckon that car's knocked her back £50,000. Things that are priced or are priced at a certain amount are being sold for that amount. When used this way, price is often passive, and it is always used with a specific amount. The umbrellas are priced at £10 each. All our main courses are priced £25. The most common way to ask about the price of something is to use how much at the beginning of a question. How much for the lamp? How much are cinema tickets these days? Be carefulWhen how much is used at the beginning of a question, you are asking for the price of something. But when how much is used in other parts of the sentence, you are expressing your surprise over how expensive or cheap something is. How much does the bracelet cost?(= what amount of money do I need to pay to have this bracelet?) The bracelet costs how much?(= I am surprised the bracelet costs this amount of money) You want how much for that bracelet?(= I am surprised you want this amount of money for the bracelet) When you buy something, the seller will tell you that the amount of money you must give them comes to a certain amount. Come to something is only used for the final amount of money you must give a seller. That comes to £15.75. If I get all four tins of tea, what's that come to? For words related to getting something by paying money for it, see the article at buy. For words related to giving someone something in exchange for money, see the article at sell. Related articlesan amount of money paid for something |
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