mates' rates

noun

Discounted prices offered to friends.

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Meanings

noun
  1. AustraliaNew ZealandUKin pluralinformalDiscounted prices offered to friends.

    I looked at him quizzically. ‘It's Rose's place. She says pop in anytime for a hairdo. Mates' rates.’ I must have looked wary because he added, ‘She's good.’ I nodded politely.

    2014, Jonathan Harvey, The Girl Who Just Appeared, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN, page 94

Translations

Finnish asevelihinta
  • asevelihintaTranslations
French prix d'ami
  • prix d'amiTranslations
German Freundschaftspreis
  • FreundschaftspreisTranslations
Polish ceny dla przyjaciół
  • ceny dla przyjaciółTranslations
Portuguese precinho camarada
  • precinho camaradaTranslations
Swedish kompispris
  • kompisprisTranslations
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APA

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MLA

“mates' rates.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mates'%20rates. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mates' rates,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mates'%20rates.

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