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price
noun- a chance UK
Sporting slang, from bookmakers quoting a “price” (betting odds). - Rendall ran and never had a price. — news commentary on a cricket match, 27 July 1977
- in betting on horse racing, the approximate equivalent odds to $1 US
- — David W. Maurer, Argot of the Racetrack, p. 52, 1951
- a discount US
A euphemism that saves face for both the seller and buyer. - Also Brennan gives him a price on sandwiches and a free first round of drinks which everybody thinks is very nice of him. — Robert Campbell, In a Pig’s Eye, p. 2, 1991
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