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• pay a steep price — see ↑pay, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑steep …   Useful english dictionary

• steep — [stiːp] adjective 1. steep prices, charges etc are unusually expensive: • Consumers are paying relatively steep prices for dairy products. • Anyone caught fiddling their expenses will face steep fines. 2. a steep increase or rise in something is… …   Financial and business terms

• Steep — Steep, a. [Compar. {Steeper} ( [ e]r); superl. {Steepest}.] [OE. steep, step, AS. ste[ a]p; akin to Icel. steyp[eth]r steep, and st[=u]pa to stoop, Sw. stupa to fall, to tilt; cf. OFries. stap high. Cf. {Stoop}, v. i., {Steep}, v. t., {Steeple}.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• steep — steep1 [stēp] adj. [ME < OE steap, lofty, high, akin to OFris steep, MHG stouf, cliff (as in Ger Hohenstaufen) < IE * steup < base * (s)teu , to strike, butt > STOCK, STUB, L tundere, to strike] 1. having a sharp rise or highly… …   English World dictionary

• steep — [[t]sti͟ːp[/t]] steeper, steepest, steeps, steeping, steeped 1) ADJ GRADED A steep slope rises at a very sharp angle and is difficult to go up. San Francisco is built on 40 hills and some are very steep. ...a narrow, steep sided valley. Derived… …   English dictionary

• Price point — Price points are prices at which demand is relatively high. In introductory microeconomics, a demand curve is downward sloping to the right and either linear or gently convex to the origin. The first is usually true, but the second is only… …   Wikipedia

• steep — Ⅰ. steep [1] ► ADJECTIVE 1) rising or falling sharply; almost perpendicular. 2) (of a rise or fall in an amount) very large or rapid. 3) informal (of a price or demand) not reasonable; excessive. 4) informal (of a claim or account) exaggerated. ► …   English terms dictionary

• price — I n. 1) to fix, set a price 2) to hike (AE; colloq.), increase, mark up, raise prices 3) to freeze; hold down, keep down; maintain prices 4) to pay a price 5) to place, put a price on smt.; to quote a price 6) bring, command, fetch, get a price… …   Combinatory dictionary

• steep — mod. [of a price] high; expensive. □ Isn’t that price sort of steep? □ I don’t have steep prices here. □ Their prices are pretty steep, but their goods are of high quality …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• steep — steep1 steeply, adv. steepness, n. /steep/, adj., steeper, steepest, n. adj. 1. having an almost vertical slope or pitch, or a relatively high gradient, as a hill, an ascent, stairs, etc. 2. (of a price or amount) unduly high; exorbitant: Those …   Universalium

• steep — I [[t]stip[/t]] adj. er, est, n. 1) having an almost vertical slope or pitch, or a relatively high gradient, as a hill, an ascent, or stairs 2) (of a price or amount) unduly high; exorbitant 3) high or lofty 4) a steep place; declivity, as of a… …   From formal English to slang