Giving prices

"That's thirty four pounds fifty, please."

A price is the amount of money you pay for something.

We write

We say

50p or £0.50

50c or €0.50

50c or 50¢ or $0.50

fifty pence/fifty 'p'

fifty cents

£25 or £25.00

€25 or €25.00

$25 or $25.00

¥25

twenty-five pounds

twenty-five euros

twenty-five dollars

twenty-five yen

£25.45

€25.45

$25.45

twenty-five (pounds) forty-five (pence)

twenty-five (euros) forty-five (cents)

twenty-five dollars and forty-five cents or

twenty-five forty-five

£25,000 or £25k

£25m

Note that this is similar for other currencies.

twenty-five thousand pounds

twenty-five million pounds

Note that we use a full stop to separate pounds and pence; euros and cents etc. We use a comma to separate thousands.

£5,200.50 Five thousand two hundred pounds fifty pence

"How much is a single room with breakfast?" "Eighty-five euros per night."

"How much does a new Smart car cost?" "About nine thousand pounds."

"I like the blue one. How much is it?" "I can't see the price tag - twelve dollars and fifty cents, I think."

It costs about €2,000 per day to rent a jet.

"The new computers cost one hundred and eighty thousand yen."

"So, two coffees, a tea, a hot chocolate and four cakes...that comes to fourteen pounds eighty."

"How much do the red ones cost?" "Seventy-seven cents each."

Introduction