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at a price

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at a price

1. For a fee (often an expensive one). In the big city, you can get anything you want—at a price.

2. With negative consequences. Freedom of speech came at a price for those protestors, as the crowd responded to them violently.

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at a price

 

1. if you can get something at a price, you have to pay a lot of money for it Forged passports are available, at a price.

2. if you can get something at a price, you have to accept something unpleasant in order to get it Progress has been achieved, but at a price. Many who worked on farms and in factories are now without jobs.

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