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price definition

price (prīs)

noun

  1. the amount of money, etc. asked or paid for something; cost; charge
  2. value or worth
  3. a reward for the capture or death of a person
  4. money or other consideration sufficient to be a bribe or inducement
  5. the cost, as in life, labor, sacrifice, etc., of obtaining some benefit or advantage

Etymology: ME & OFr pris < L pretium, price < IE *preti-, equivalent < base *per-, to sell, make equal > par

transitive verb priced, pricing pric′·ing

  1. to put a price on; fix the price of
  2. Informal to ask or find out the price of

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price Idioms

at any price

no matter what the cost

beyond price

or without price
priceless; invaluable

price out of the market

to force (oneself or one's product) out of competition by charging prices that are too high
Price definition

Price (prīs)

Price, (Mary) Leontyne (lē äntēn′) 1927-; U.S. operatic soprano

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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