Hinnamäärade

Hinnamäärade is Estonian for price designations or price markings. It is the genitive plural of hinnamäär, a term that refers to the designation, figure, or tag that indicates the price of a product or service. In practice hinnamäärad (the basic form) and hinnamäärade (genitive plural) are used in formal or technical texts, such as retail documentation, accounting, and consumer law, to talk about the prices that are shown or set for items.

The concept covers the numeric price shown on a product, in a catalog, on a price list, or in an invoice. Retailers regularly adjust hinnamäärad in response to promotions, cost changes, or regulatory requirements. In everyday speech Estonians more commonly refer to the price as hind or hinn, while hinnamäär is a more formal or specialized expression used in written texts or official context.

Grammatically, hinnamäärade is the genitive plural form, used when the phrase modifies another noun, for example hinnamäärade muutmine (the changing of price designations) or hinnamäärade esitamine (the presentation of price designations). The term may also appear in discussions of pricing policy, consumer protection, and market regulation, where formal listings and standardized prices are relevant.

Etymology: hinn- comes from hind meaning price, and määr means designation or measure. The word thus denotes a designated price rather than the price itself in a casual sense.

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