Ask and Fetch

Ask

Ask verb - To set or receive as a price.

Usage example: they are only asking $300 for that antique grandfather clock

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Fetch and ask are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fetch" instead a verb "Ask".

Nearby Words: asked, asking

Fetch verb - To have a price of.

Usage example: those old toys that we tossed away are now fetching big bucks as antiques

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Ask and fetch are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ask" instead a verb "Fetch".

Nearby Words: fetching, fetched

Fetch Quest: Quest NPCs will often ask for more or less common materials to make something, or even ask you to craft them.

Source: Video Game / Atlantica Online
Fetch Quest: Many of the Planet Spots require this; instead of asking the player for enough money to buy an item (as in the first game), they now ask for the item directly.

Source: Video Game / Mugen Souls
In Call of Pripyat, this becomes a plot point for two sidequests: two mechanics (one in the Skadovsk and the other in the train station, respectively) ask you to fetch them three toolkits in order to provide the full service for upgrading both your armor and weaponry.

Source: Video Game / S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

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