price Verbs

pay a price 

  pay a price We don't want to pay high prices for food  

 increase / put up / raise the price of something  

The government has raised the price of cigarettes 

 cut / lower / reduce / slash the price of something  

 We have lowered the price of our organic produce 

 prices fall/rise 

 rise Oil prices rose during the conflict 

keep prices down  

Supermarkets have kept the price of bread down  

charge a price  

They charge premium prices for the home delivery service  

prices collapse /  fall  

House prices collapsed during the recession 

 range in price  

Our watches range in price from £5 to £500 

prices go up / rise / shoot up  

The price of paper has shot up recently