upset price

up·set price

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [verb, adjective uhp-set prahys]
- /verb, adjective ʌpˈsɛt praɪs/
- /ʌpˈset praɪs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [verb, adjective uhp-set prahys]
- /verb, adjective ʌpˈsɛt praɪs/

Definitions of upset price words

noun upset price the lowest price at which a person is permitted to bid for something being sold at auction. 1
noun upset price the price fixed as the minimum at which something will be sold at an auction 0
noun upset price The lowest price at which an auction item may be sold. 0

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Origin of upset price

First appearance:

before 1805

One of the 41% newest English words

First recorded in 1805-15

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Parts of speech for Upset price

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Upset price

upset price popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 51% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

upset price usage trend in Literature

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