price

[ prahys ]

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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 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, adjective
pre·price, verb (used with object), pre·priced, pre·pric·ing; noun
re·price, verb, re·priced, re·pric·ing.
well-priced, adjective

Other definitions for Price (2 of 2)

Price

[ prahys ]

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.

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How to use price in a sentence

The pulps brought new readers to serious fiction, making it less intimidating with alluring art and low prices.
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Prices are relatively inexpensive and come in at around 135 euros for a shirt or 35 euros for hand woven boxers.
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The State Department found that with high oil prices, the tar sands would be mined for oil, pipeline or no.
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The EPA felt that the State Department had not looked carefully enough at the impact of the pipeline if oil prices fell.
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Triton prices the 1000/3 LP at a cool $3.15 million—inclusive of pilot training.
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At this period it brought enormous prices, the finest selling at from fifteen to eighteen shillings per pound.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.
But the sheer quantity of the inflated currency and false money forces prices higher still.
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This would in any event have depressed prices of cotton, even under ordinary conditions.
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It did not in any way affect prices or wages, which were rendered neither greater nor less thereby.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen Leacock
The duty on importation had been only twopence per pound, a moderate sum in view of the prices realized by the sale of it.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.

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 punishment: it'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

Origin of price

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

Derived forms of price

pricer, noun

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Other 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

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