Where/whereabouts/prices/rates

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1. I'd like to know your prices/rates. Do these two mean the same?

It depends to whom you are asking the question. 

For example: Shops have prices/ banks have rates 

2. Can't see any difference 

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optilang

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It depends to whom you are asking the question. 

 

Can I also write it: It depends on who/whom you are asking the question.

I thought I might ask again

Hi. Thanks for the answer, but I suppose that "It depends on who you are asking" would also be acceptable; maybe it only sounds unnatural or something.

Thank you!

You would usually use the term "rates" when you're paying for someone's time by the hour/day/week, or when there is a contract for continuing services (rather than a one-off payment).

For example, if you went into a shop looking for a new TV set, you would say "I'd like to know your prices". If you called a music teacher to ask about lessons you might say "I'd like to know your rates". 

"Rates" can also mean interest rates, and in the UK it can refer to a type of tax on premises.