at a price

• for a price

at a price

1. Given over or conceded only at great expense.

   I will give you the secret plans, but at a price.

2. Gained at the cost of incurring unwelcome consequences.

   Winning the war came at a price.

   He was grateful for the recognition, even though it was achieved at a price.

• “at a price”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “at a price”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “at a price”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “at a price”, in Collins English Dictionary.

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