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unit price

noun

  1. a price for a service or commodity that includes all extra costs incidental to the item:

    the unit price of a wedding.



unit price

noun

  1. a price for foodstuffs, etc, stated or shown as the cost per unit, as per pound, per kilogram, per dozen, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of unit price1

First recorded in 1965–70
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Example Sentences

The minimum unit price has not changed since it was set at 50p per unit of alcohol when it was first introduced in May 2018.

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Under the new 65p minimum unit price it will now be £9.75.

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The Scottish government is to consult on a proposal to raise the minimum unit price of alcohol to 65p.

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Health experts have previously said ministers should consider increasing the unit price to build on the "life-saving policy".

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Scotland should increase its minimum unit price for alcohol from 50p to 65p, campaigners have said.

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