Ц27

В ЦЕНЕPrepPInvarsubj-compl with бытыз)
1. ( subj: concr (count pl or mass)) (some category of items) is highly valued and therefore has a high market price: Х-ы в цене - Xs are (very (quite, rather)) costly
Xs are highly priced (high-priced)the price of Xs is highXs are worth (quite) a bitXs are worth a pretty pennyXs bring (fetch) a good priceXs are in demand
Neg Х-ы не в цене - Xs don't fetch (bring) much.
«Хлеб был хорош и в цене, и в марте или апреле вы получите деньги...» (Гончаров 1). "The harvest was good, the price high, and you can get the money in March or April..." (1b).
Батько ещё в начале весны повёз в Крым на продажу табак... Табак был тогда в цене (Гоголь 5). Just at the beginning of spring Father went with the wagons to the Crimea to sell tobacco;...tobacco brought a good price in those days (5a).
Нашатырь... был в цене. Он заменял дрожжи (Паустовский 1). Ammonia was in demand. It was a substitute for yeast (1a).
(Анчугин:) Часы теперь не в цене (Вампилов 1). (A.:) Watches don't fetch much these days (1a).
2. (subj: human ( usu. pi) or abstr) (people of some category, items of some type etc) are considered to be of great value (among some group, in some place etc): Х-ы в цене - Xs are highly valued.
Опытный и честный работник всегда в цене. An experienced and honest worker is always highly valued

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