price

[ prahys ]

/ praɪs /

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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.

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Idioms about price

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

First recorded in 1175–1225; (noun) Middle English pris(e), from Old French, Latin pretium “price, value, worth” (cf. precious); (verb) late Middle English prisen, from Middle French prisier, derivative of pris,Old French as above; see prize², praise

synonym study for price

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.

OTHER WORDS FROM price

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

Words nearby price

priapic, priapism, priapitis, Priapus, Pribilof Islands, price, price break, Price Commission, price control, price controls, price-cut

Other definitions for price (2 of 2)

Price

[ prahys ]

/ praɪs /

noun

Bruce, 1845–1903, U.S. architect.

(Edward) Reynolds, 1933–2011, U.S. novelist.

(Mary) Le·on·tyne

[lee-uhn-teen], /ˈli ənˌtin/, born 1927, U.S. soprano.

a male given name.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

How to use price in a sentence

While the price gains in currencies like COMP have been driven by traders looking for arbitrage opportunities, Sullivan notes that such activity helped mainstream cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin gain a foothold years ago.
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Companies with any market power to raise prices will likely do so.
After $20 trillion in pandemic relief spending, there’s still no sign of inflation. What happened?|Bernhard Warner|August 25, 2020|Fortune
Domestic soybean prices in Brazil rose to a record as the real slumped against the dollar and oilseed demand picked up.
Farmers are selling soybeans two years in advance in rare trade|Rachel Schallom|August 25, 2020|Fortune
Overstock’s share price has grown six times more than Wayfair, which is having a heck of a run itself.
The year’s hottest e-commerce stock is up more than 1,500%. Its founder cashed out before the rally|Bernhard Warner|August 18, 2020|Fortune

Smaller electric-vehicle makers like Workhouse Group and Arcimoto have done even better, seeing their stock prices rise fivefold.
Downtrodden GM stock gets a boost from electric-vehicle spinoff speculation|Aaron Pressman|August 18, 2020|Fortune
“Price for adults to $4250; From 10 years to 14 years to $2125; Under 10 years free,” the listing says.
Ghost Ships of the Mediterranean|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But in more middle-class and working-class neighborhoods, sessions are typically a fourth of that price.
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Bitcoin began 2013 with a roaring price of $770 per unit, and businesses right and left were converting to the ethereal product.
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He is a true advocate for human rights who has paid a horrible price for standing up against the Assad dictatorship.
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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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(p. 054) At this period it appears that tobacco was used as money, and as the measure of price and value.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Yielding to the advice of his friends, he put on it a price the amount of which abashed him.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, November 3, 1894|Various
The great Mr. Abrahams had an unlimited commission to secure at any price, a long list of great works.
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If the high wage is paid and the short hours are granted, then the price of the thing made, so it seems, rises higher still.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
She reached forward to it in ecstasy; but she might not enjoy it, save at the price which her conscience exacted.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett

British Dictionary definitions for price

price

/ (praɪs) /

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 forms of price

pricer, noun

Word Origin for price

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

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In addition to the idioms beginning with price

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

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

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