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

But big corporations are taking shortcuts and pricing the artisan products out of the bar...and out of business.
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Although a new pricing model caused early controversy, the final product was very well received and a sequel has been announced.
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Everything else costs extra, following a detailed pricing scheme reminiscent of those used by low-cost airlines.
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"There's been a perception that pricing over that threshold draws eyeballs to the property and gets it sold," Miller said.
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While the atmosphere is spring break, the pricing is decidedly upscale.
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If catalog pricing is any criterion, the unsurcharged issue of the envelope should be perhaps 80,000.
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It's no good ticketing yourself 'Not for sale,' nor even pricing yourself at a prohibitive figure—no good whatever.
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He crossed at Nassau street corner and stood before the window of Yeates and Son, pricing the fieldglasses.
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David was mending, sorting, and pricing a number of old books he had bought for nothing at a country sale.
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The shop windows displayed new wares, and the streets were full of country folk pricing, bargaining, and purchasing.
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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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