the.com/price tag
The one number that turns desire into a decision.
means A label attached to an item showing how much money you must pay to buy it.
from A straightforward compound: 'price' (from Old French 'pris,' rooted in Latin 'pretium,' meaning value or worth) plus 'tag,' which originally meant a small hanging label or metal point on a cord, likely from a Scandinavian or Low German root for a sharp point or dangling bit. Merchants literally tied or pinned slips bearing the cost to goods, and by the 19th century 'price tag' had become the fixed term for that small paper verdict on what something is worth.
- origin
- before fixed tags, every price was a haggle
- psychology
- prices ending in 9 feel dramatically cheaper
- irony
- luxury brands omit tags to seem priceless
- truth
- the tag shows cost, never the actual value