Synonyms and antonyms of Setting, controlling and changing prices and costs in British Thesaurus

bargain (verb)

to try to persuade someone to give you a better price or make an agreement that suits you better

beat down ()

to persuade someone to sell you something at a lower price than their first offer

bottom out ()

if something such as an economy or price bottoms out, it reaches its lowest level before starting to improve again

bounce back (business)

business if a market or price bounces back, it rises again after falling

cap (noun)

a limit on the amount of money that you can spend or charge

cap (verb)

to set a limit on the amount of money that someone can spend or charge

capping (noun)

the policy of setting an official limit on the amount of money that someone can spend or charge

cheapen (verb)

to reduce the price of something

climb (verb)

if a temperature, price, or the level of something climbs, it becomes higher

come down ()

to agree to ask for or pay a lower price

comp (verb)

to give someone something without them having to pay for it

cost (verb)

to calculate exactly how much something will cost

deflate (verb)

economics to make changes in an economy in order to lower prices

depress (verb)

formal to make something such as a price or value go down

discount (verb)

to reduce the price of something

drive down ()

to make a price or amount fall to a lower level

drive up ()

to make a price or amount rise to a higher level

fix (verb)

to make a decision about a price or amount and not allow it to change

flatten out (business)

business if the price or amount of something flattens out, or if something flattens it out, it becomes lower or less likely to change

flood the market ()

to make such a large number of goods or services available for sale that they cannot all be sold and the price falls

gyrate (verb)

if prices or values gyrate, they move up and down in an uncontrolled way

hold down ()

to stop prices or numbers from rising

indexation (noun)

the practice of making the value of something such as pay or pensions change as general living costs rise or fall

index-linking (noun)

indexation

inflate (verb)

to make a number or price higher than it should be

jack up (informal)

informal to increase the price, rate, or number of something by a large amount

knock down (informal)

informal to reduce a price or amount

knock down ()

to persuade someone to reduce the price of something

knock off ()

to reduce a price or an amount

mark down ()

to reduce the price of something

mark up ()

to increase the price of something, especially something that you bought for a lower price

offer (verb)

to say that you will pay a particular price for something

overcharge (verb)

to ask someone to pay more money than is reasonable, or more money than the real price

overvalue (verb)

to give something a higher price than it should have

pass on ()

to make someone who is buying something from you pay for the cost of something

peg (noun)

economics an arrangement that keeps a price, amount etc at the same level in relation to something else

peg (verb)

economics to keep prices, salaries, or the amount of something at a particular level, often in relation to something else

peg back (economics)

economics to control something such as prices or salaries so that they do not increase above a particular level

predatory pricing (noun)

the act of setting prices at very low levels in order to force other companies to fail

price (verb)

to set the price of a product or service

price control (noun)

control by the government over prices of goods and services

price-cutting (noun)

the practice of reducing prices in order to sell more than other companies

price discrimination (noun)

the practice of charging different prices for the same product or service in different markets

price-fixing (noun)

an agreement between companies to charge the same price for a particular product, in order to keep the price high

price-fixing (noun)

price control

price war (noun)

a situation in which businesses compete to attract customers by making their prices lower

price yourself out of the market ()

to charge such high prices for your products that customers stop buying them

pricing (noun)

decisions that a company makes about the prices it charges for goods or services

put a price/value etc on something ()

to make a judgment about the price or amount of something

put on (British)

British to add an amount of money to the cost or value of something

put something out to tender ()

to ask people to say formally how much they would charge for doing something for you

put up ()

to increase the value or price of something

quote (verb)

to tell someone what price you would charge them to do a particular piece of work

reduce (verb)

to lower the price of something

roll back (mainly American)

mainly American to reduce something such as a price or salary

set (verb)

to decide the price or value of something

settle up ()

to agree how much each person or group should pay

slap on ()

to add something as an extra cost

sliding scale (noun)

a system of making payments or paying taxes where the amount that you pay changes according to a fixed set of rates

steady (verb)

to start to remain at a price, value, level etc for a period of time, or to make something do this

sticker shock (noun)

Americaninformal the feeling of shock that people have when the price of something suddenly increases

sting (verb)

informal to make someone pay more than they should for something

subsidise ()

a British spelling of subsidize

subsidize (verb)

to pay some of the cost of goods or services so that they can be sold to other people at a lower price

talk down (informal)

informal to persuade someone to lower the price of something

tender (verb)

to make a formal written offer to provide goods or services for a particular price

ticket (verb)

to attach a ticket to something to show its price, size etc

underprice (verb)

to put a price on something for sale that is less than its actual value

undersell (verb)

to sell something at a cheaper price than someone else

valuation (noun)

the process of deciding how much money something is worth

valuation (noun)

a decision concerning the value of something

value (verb)

to state how much something is worth

wipe off ()

to reduce the value of something by a large amount