prohibitive price

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• prohibitive — pro‧hib‧i‧tive [prəˈhɪbtɪv ǁ proʊ ] adjective FINANCE prohibitive costs, prices etc are very high, and people cannot afford them: • Given the resources of small companies, marketing costs can be prohibitive. • Disney started its own record label …   Financial and business terms

• prohibitive — [prəʊˈhɪbɪtɪv] adj a prohibitive price is so high that it prevents people from buying something prohibitively adv …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• prohibitive — /prəˈhɪbətɪv / (say pruh hibuhtiv) adjective 1. that prohibits or forbids something. 2. serving to prevent the use, purchase, etc., of something: the prohibitive price of meat. Also, prohibitory. –prohibitively, adverb …  

• prohibitive — adj. 1 prohibiting. 2 (of prices, taxes, etc.) so high as to prevent purchase, use, abuse, etc. (published at a prohibitive price). Derivatives: prohibitively adv. prohibitiveness n. prohibitory adj. Etymology: F prohibitif ive or L prohibitivus… …   Useful english dictionary

• prohibitive — ► ADJECTIVE 1) serving to forbid, restrict, or prevent. 2) (of a price or charge) excessively high. DERIVATIVES prohibitively adverb …   English terms dictionary

• price — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ exorbitant, high, inflated, prohibitive, steep ▪ They charge exorbitant prices for their goods. ▪ The price of fuel is prohibitive …   Collocations 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

• prohibitive — pro|hib|i|tive [ prou hıbıtıv ] adjective 1. ) a prohibitive cost or price prevents people from buying something because it is too expensive: The cost of conversion to western technology would be prohibitive. 2. ) limiting something, or… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• prohibitive — UK [prəʊˈhɪbɪtɪv] / US [proʊˈhɪbɪtɪv] adjective 1) a prohibitive cost or price prevents people from buying something because it is too expensive The cost of conversion to western technology would be prohibitive. 2) limiting something, or… …   English dictionary

• prohibitive — adj. Prohibitive is used with these nouns: ↑cost, ↑favourite, ↑price …   Collocations dictionary

• prohibitive — /prəυ hɪbɪtɪv/ adjective with a price so high that you cannot afford to pay it ● The cost of redesigning the product is prohibitive …   Dictionary of banking and finance