[General] how to say in English for price like USD 12.xx or 12.6x

[maxwu]

Hi,

Sometime we discuss price in the meeting but we don't want to provide specify price(ie. USD 12.68) so we only mention USD 12.xx to people. The number is easy to write in email but don't know if there is good way to speak in English with the format.

Thanks.

 

[Rover_KE]

When speaking, say 'between 12 and 13 US dollars'.

Your second example is unlikely, but if you insist on using it, say 'between 12 dollars 60 and 12 dollars 70'.

 

[teechar]

Hi,

Hello maxwu, and welcome to the forum.

Sometimes, we discuss price in the meeting, but we don't want to provide [STRIKE]specify[/STRIKE] a specific price [STRIKE](ie.[/STRIKE] (e.g., USD 12.68), so we only mention USD 12.xx to people. The number is easy to write in an email, but I don't know [STRIKE]if there is good way to speak[/STRIKE] how to say it in English. [STRIKE]with the format.[/STRIKE]

You can say "twelve dollars, something", but that's rather informal.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

In American conversation, we usually pronounce $12.68 "twelve sixty-eight." When both dollars and cents are involved, we don't bother to say "dollars" or "cents."

But when there are no cents, we usually do say "dollars." So:

- Lunch cost $12.68, so I left a $2 tip. = Lunch cost twelve sixty-eight, so I left a two dollar tip.

If I'm more generous, I might leave a $2.50 tip. Then I'd say "a two fifty tip."

But if I'm very stingy, I might just leave a 50¢ tip. Then I'd say "a fifty cent tip."

 

[Rover_KE]

How would you answer the OP's specific question, Charlie?

 

[SoothingDave]

"Around 12 dollars"

 

[Rover_KE]

But that can mean less than $12.

 

[SoothingDave]

Yes. Context will mean a lot. If there's no need for accuracy ($12.62), then "around" is fine in my book.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

How would you answer the OP's specific question, Charlie?

Hm. I'm not sure I quite understoond what Maxwu wants. The post says they're not specifying a price, but then it specifies a price.

Maybe Maxwu is looking for something like:

- twelve dollars and change
- twelve bucks or so
- about twelve dollars or so
- at least twelve dollars
- over twelve dollars
- between twelve and thirteen dollars
- from twelve to thirteen dollars
- in the twelve-to-thirteen dollar range

 

[GoesStation]

Your second example is unlikely, but if you insist on using it, say 'between 12 dollars 60 and 12 dollars 70'.

We'd say between twelve sixty and twelve seventy in American English. We only insert "dollars" for prices between one and two of them: it was a dollar seventy-five.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

We'd say between twelve sixty and twelve seventy in American English. We only insert "dollars" for prices between one and two of them: it was a dollar seventy-five.

Exactly!