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noun

the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.

a sum offered for the capture of a person alive or dead: The authorities put a price on his head.

the sum of money, or other consideration, for which a person's support, consent, etc., may be obtained, especially in cases involving sacrifice of integrity: They claimed that every politician has a price.

that which must be given, done, or undergone in order to obtain a thing: He gained the victory, but at a heavy price.

odds(def 2).

Archaic. value or worth.

Archaic. great value or worth (usually preceded by of).

verb (used with object), priced, pric·ing.

to fix the price of.

to ask or determine the price of: We spent the day pricing furniture at various stores.

Idioms

at any price, at any cost, no matter how great: Their orders were to capture the town at any price.

beyond/without price, of incalculable value; priceless: The crown jewels are beyond price.

Origin of price

1175–1225; (noun) Middle English pris(e) < Old French < Latin pretium price, value, worth (cf. precious); (v.) late Middle English prisen < Middle French prisier, derivative of pris, Old French as above; see prize², praise

Related formsprice·a·ble, adjectivepre·price, verb (used with object), pre·priced, pre·pric·ing; nounre·price, verb, re·priced, re·pric·ing.well-priced, adjective

Synonyms for price

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1, 4. Price, charge, cost, expense refer to outlay or expenditure required in buying or maintaining something. Price is used mainly of single, concrete objects offered for sale; charge, of services: What is the price of that coat? There is a small charge for mailing packages. Cost is mainly a purely objective term, often used in financial calculations: The cost of building a new annex was estimated at $10,000. Expense suggests cost plus incidental expenditure: The expense of the journey was more than the contemplated cost. Only charge is not used figuratively. Price, cost, and sometimes expense may be used to refer to the expenditure of mental energy, what one “pays” in anxiety, suffering, etc.

Price

[prahys]

noun

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Related Words for price

fare, pay, fee, premium, figure, valuation, bill, amount, worth, return, discount, rate, cost, expenditure, demand, output, estimate, expense, tariff, payment

Examples from the Web for price

Contemporary Examples of price

“Price for adults to $4250; From 10 years to 14 years to $2125; Under 10 years free,” the listing says.
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But in more middle-class and working-class neighborhoods, sessions are typically a fourth of that price.
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Industry experts claim an increase in awareness amongst men when it comes to styles, design, and price regarding their underwear.
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The price reflects its rarity as well, but also the finicky, difficult, and nuanced process of making Champagne.
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But Uber's surges are not price gouging, as some have erroneously claimed.
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December 16, 2014

Historical Examples of price

I claim it as the price of coming, you know, when I was only an afterthought.
The Spenders
Harry Leon Wilson
He found the restaurants moderate in price, and within his means.
Brave and Bold
Horatio Alger
They add up to only a tiny fraction of the price that has been paid for our freedom.
United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches
Various
Whatever you wish you shall have at the price of five years of your life.
Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 6, May 7, 1870
Various
No price were too great to pay for a wrong such as that which he had put upon her.
Within the Law
Marvin Dana

British Dictionary definitions for price

price

noun

the sum in money or goods for which anything is or may be bought or sold

the cost at which anything is obtained

the cost of bribing a person

a sum of money offered or given as a reward for a capture or killing

value or worth, esp high worth

gambling another word for odds

at any price whatever the price or cost

at a price at a high price

beyond price or without price invaluable or priceless

the price of someone Irish what someone deserves, esp a fitting punishmentit's just the price of him

what price something? what are the chances of something happening now?

verb (tr)

to fix or establish the price of

to ascertain or discover the price of

price out of the market to charge so highly for as to prevent the sale, hire, etc, of

Derived Formspricer, noun

Word Origin for price

C13 pris, from Old French, from Latin pretium price, value, wage

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Word Origin and History for price

c.1200, pris "value, worth; praise," later "cost, recompense, prize" (mid-13c.), from Old French pris "price, value, wages, reward," also "honor, fame, praise, prize" (Modern French prix), from Late Latin precium, from Latin pretium "reward, prize, value, worth," from PIE *pret-yo-, from root *per- (5) "to traffic in, to sell" (cf. Sanskrit aprata "without recompense, gratuitously;" Greek porne "prostitute," originally "bought, purchased," pernanai "to sell;" Lithuanian perku "I buy").

Praise, price, and prize began to diverge in Old French, with praise emerging in Middle English by early 14c. and prize being evident by late 1500s with the rise of the -z- spelling. Having shed the extra Old French and Middle English senses, the word now again has the base sense of the Latin original. To set (or put) a price on someone, "offer a reward for capture" is from 1766.

"to set the price of," late 14c., from price (n.) or from Old French prisier, variant of preisier "to value, estimate; to praise." Related: Priced; pricing.

Idioms and Phrases with price

price

In addition to the idioms beginning with price

price is right, the
price on one's head
price out of the market

also see:

at all costs (at any price)
cheap at twice the price
every man has his price