put a price tag on

idiom

: to say how important or valuable something is

—usually used in negative statements to say that something is extremely important and valuable

You can't put a price tag on the safety of our children.

Examples of put a price tag on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The agencies' past dealings with the Israeli spyware company had previously been disclosed by The New York Times, which said the CIA bankrolled Djibouti's purchase of NSO spyware and the bureau bought it for testing, but the trial put a price tag on the relationship. —Raphael Satter, USA Today, 8 May 2025

Fubo declined to put a price tag on its upcoming news and sports skinny bundle, which aims to draw sport fans away from the traditional cable bundle after Venu shuttered. —Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025

Jobs trickle away Recently the federal government went even further and put a price tag on our most precious resource: water. —Gil Rebollar, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2025

Don’t put a price tag on your relationships or hope that a will can convey your intentions. —Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2024

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