Price
Vocabs
basic price
the price you pay for something, not including the price of
any extra features, and sometimes not including tax
This Iphone 11 costs 100$ for basic price, but for tax you might have to pay extra
5$.
all in
adjective / adverb
in a way that includes everything in a price or total
This product costs all in 500$.
The all in price for buying a lamborghini is 1$
Discounted
Adjective
/ˈdɪskaʊntɪd/
cheaper than usual
I would like to buy this one with a discounted price to save money.
Chargeable
adjective
UK
/ˈtʃɑː.dʒə.bəl/
US
/ˈtʃɑːr.dʒə.bəl/
If something is chargeable, you can be asked to pay for it / something
that is chargeable can be charged for or must be paid by someone
All these costs are chargeable to the client
All of them are chargeable services, nothing is free.
fancy
adjective
UK
/ˈfæn.si/
US
/ˈfæn.si/
expensive
a fancy restaurant
I can’t buy this Phone by that fancy price, can you go down a bit?
Refundable
adjective
UK
/ˌriːˈfʌn.də.bəl/
US
/ˌriːˈfʌn.də.bəl/
If an amount of money is refundable, it can be given back to
the person who paid it for some reasons.
Tickets are not refundable
Premium
adjective
US
UK
/ˈpriː.mi.əm/
Have a higher price than usual.
The car costs about 5000$, it is a premium price.
Reasonable
adjective
UK
/ˈriː.zən.ə.bəl/
US
/ˈriː.zən.ə.bəl/
not too expensive
It is a reasonable price for such small speaker.
Affordable
adjective
UK
/əˈfɔː.də.bəl/
US
/əˈfɔːr.də.bəl/
not expensive / able to be boughtor rented by people who do not earn a
lot of money
prohibitive
adjective
US
/proʊˈhɪb·ɪ·t̬ ɪv, prə-/
too expensive to pay
The cost of this Bentley is prohibitive.
I have never seen any car that costs that prohibitive.
Exorbitant
adjective
US
/ɪɡˈzɔr·bə·t̬ ənt/
much too expensive or large amount of money.
Is this really that exorbitant?
Salesman
noun [ C ]
UK
/ˈseɪlz.mən/
US
/ˈseɪlz.mən/
a man whose job is selling things in a shop or directly to customers
They consider me as an salesman when I stand there right after the product.
Saleswoman
oun [ C ]
UK
/ˈseɪlzˌwʊm.ən/
US
/ˈseɪlzˌwʊm.ən/
a woman whose job is selling things in a shop or directly to customers
I have bee working there for 2 years as a saleswoman.
For sale
Available to buy
This ring is just for exhibition, not for sale.
Are your boyfriend for sale, he’s so delicious, I want to own him :D
Expressions for buying
Finding product
- Is there any red Bentley? - Yes, right there.
- Do you have any white T-shirt? - Yes with my pleasure.
- Can I get a pair of blue shoes? - Sure.
- May I see your phones - Of course, no problems.
collections?
- Ok, wait for a minute.
- I’m looking for a speaker, please
show me some.
Asking for price
- How much is it? - 500$.
- How much does it cost? - It costs 1000$.
- What price is it? - 100$ totally.
- How much for all of them?
- How much do I need to pay for
this one?
Asking for material, size
- What is it made of? - It’s made of money.
- What kind of material is this - Sorry, that’s all we have.
phone made of?
- Is it made of cotton / plastic /
wool …? - Sorry, XXL is the largest.
- Do you have any large one? - Here you go.
- Do you have any T-shirt that fits
my body?
- Can I get a bigger one?
- Is there XXXXXXXXL for me?
Method of payment
– How can I pay all? - You can pay by your credit card
– Can I pay for it by credit card? - You can pay by cash with the
chaser.
– How do I pay for the purchase?
- Credit card, please
– Do you ever use a credit card?
- Cash, please.
– Do you take a credit card?
– Can I pay it in cash?
Bargaining
- Can you give me discount? - Sorry, it’s fixed.
- How about fifty thousand?
- So sorry, it’s standard price.
- Can you give it twenty percent
off? - Ok, I’ll give you 20% off.
- What about Rp. 50.000,- for - Ok, sounds not bad. Shake on it.
each book?
- Can you do down a bit?
Conversation:
A: Hi there, How are you doing?
B: good, sir.
A: I'm looking for a shirt for my
appointment, is there any fancy one
for me?
B: Sure, right there, we have all for
your needs.
A: oh, can you get me the red one, it
seems so nice.
B: sure, here we go.
A: How much is it?
B: 100$ for basic price, 5$ for tax so it
costs totally 105$, sir.
A: it costs all in 105$?
B: yes
A: sounds more prohibitive then I
thought, can you do down bit? / Can
you give me a discount?
B: it's hard for me, sir. You see the
quality, it's made of tiger skins and
more importantly it's cover by 1kg of
gold.
I think it's truly worth that much.
A: Sounds reasonable. How about
100$, I'll buy them in bulk.
B: ok, shake on it.
Task2: Work as team, create your own product, think of any attributes as you
want to make the product costs more expensive than it’s actually worth. Come up
in front of the class and try to sell it with that expensive price. The more money
you sell, the better.(Audiences would be customers then try to get down the price
– bargaining)
Composed by Huy – You&Me Club – 0963313959
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