with bated breath. Eagerly or anxiously, as in We waited for the announcement of the winner with bated breath. This expression literally means holding one's breath ( bate means restrain). Today it is also used somewhat ironically, indicating one is not all that eager or anxious. [Late 1500s] Also see hold one's breath, def.
1 The cost of a Boeing 737 varies widely depending on which model or the features included. 2  The company lists the price of a 737 between $78 to $155 million depending on the model, customer options, cabin fittings and size. One of the biggest buyers of these Boeing 737 planes is American, who rarely places orders with any other company, gets these planes for approximately $47 million apiece. 2  Refurbished and used Boeings can be up to 50 percent less than the retail price. 3  Older models can cost less than $5 million.
Adjusting for inflation, that same 747 would sell today for $146.6 million. So why does Boeing list the passenger version of a new 747-8 for $356.9 million and the freight-hauling version at $357.5 million? Since that first delivery to Pan Am in 1970, Boeing has delivered 1,487 747s.oeing delivered a total of 250 of the original 747-100s, the last in 1986. The follow-on model, the 747-200, was first put into commercial service in 1971, and Boeing delivered 393 of this model before production was stopped in 1991.