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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

prix d'achat

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pʁi da.ʃa

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Purchase-price/ˈpɜːr.tʃəs praɪs/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Le prix d'achat de cette maison a augmenté cette année."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The specific amount of money agreed upon or paid to acquire a property, good, or service.

    "The buyer negotiated a lower purchase-price before signing the final real estate contract."
  2. 2

    The total cost incurred to obtain something, including both literal financial exchange and metaphorical effort or sacrifice.

    "Success at that level demands absolute dedication; that is the purchase-price of true achievement."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English 'purchasen' (from Old French 'purchacier', meaning to strive for, acquire) combined with Middle English 'pris' (from Old French 'pris', meaning price, value, from Latin 'pretium'). The compound noun solidified in commercial and legal contexts during the early modern economic expansion to denote the specific monetary amount agreed upon or paid for an item.

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