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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

Related Forms:

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 än′tēn′) 1927-; U.S. operatic soprano

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price Synonyms

price

n.

charge, expense, cost, expenditure, outlay, value, worth, figure, impost, dues, tariff, valuation, appraisement, quotation, fare, hire, wages, exactment, return, disbursement, rate, appraisal, reckoning, equivalent, payment, demand, barter, consideration, amount, marked price, asking price, wholesale price, list price, retail price, discount price, sticker price, estimate, output, exaction, ransom, reward, carry charge, pay, prize, return, guerdon, par value, requital, money's worth, price ceiling, ceiling; see also charge 1.

at any price

whatever the cost, expense no object, anyhow; see regardless.

beyond price

invaluable, inestimable, without price, priceless; see valuable 1.


price

v.

put a price on, fix the price of, appraise, assess, estimate a price, mark up, mark down, reduce, sticker*; see also rate, value 2.


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price Usage Examples

Preposition: from

  • euros: Prices from 100 euros per week Italy Sardinia South Coast Ref.

Converse of object

  • compare: Cheap Flights to Geneva, Switzerland - Compare prices on Geneva.. .

Adjective modifier

  • competitive: James Villa Holidays Now in their twenty first season, James Villas work to provide quality private villa holidays at competitive prices.

Modifies a noun

  • inflation: Construction is now the largest indigenous industry sector although rampant land price inflation since 1997 would account for much of the growth in turnover.

Noun used with modifier

  • house: Gently rising house prices is NOT a sign of a HPC.
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price quotes

What Price Glory?

-Anderson, Maxwell

The ordinary 'horseless-carriage' is at present a luxury for the wealthy; and although the price will probably fall in the future, it will never, of course, come into as common use as the bicycle.

-Anonymous

Pange, lingua, gloriosi Corporis mysterium, Sanguinisque pretiosi, Quem in mundi pretium Fructus ventris generosi Rex effudit gentium. Now, my tongue, the mystery telling Of the glorious Body sing, And the Blood, all price excelling, Which the Gentiles' Lord and King, In aVirgin's womb once dwelling, Shed for this world's ransoming.

-Aquinas, StThomas

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