at a price in English

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        "Requiring a great expense for something to be given over or conceded."
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          "sense": "requiring a great expense",
          "word": "a caro prezzo"
        }
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          "text": "Winning the war came at a price.",
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          "text": "He was grateful for the recognition, even though it was achieved at a price.",
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        "Gained at the cost of incurring unwelcome consequences."
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          "unwelcome",
          "unwelcome"
        ],
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          "consequence",
          "consequence"
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          "_dis1": "14 86",
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          "sense": "gained at the cost of unwelcome consequences",
          "word": "a caro prezzo"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "for a price"
    }
  ],
  "word": "at a price"
}

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      ],
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          "give over"
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    {
      "word": "for a price"
    }
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "requiring a great expense",
      "word": "a caro prezzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "gained at the cost of unwelcome consequences",
      "word": "a caro prezzo"
    }
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  "word": "at a price"
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"at a price" meaning in English

Prepositional phrase