"mates' rates" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-mates' rates.ogg [Australia]
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  1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, informal, chiefly in the plural) Discounted prices offered to friends. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, in-plural, informal Translations (Translations): asevelihinta (Finnish), prix d’ami [masculine] (French), Freundschaftspreis [masculine] (German), ceny dla przyjaciół [feminine, plural] (Polish)

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