- the amount of money, etc. asked or paid for something; cost; charge
- value or worth
- a reward for the capture or death of a person
- money or other consideration sufficient to be a bribe or inducement
- the cost, as in life, labor, sacrifice, etc., of obtaining some benefit or advantage
Origin of price
Middle English and Old French pris from Classical Latin pretium, price from Indo-European an unverified form preti-, equivalent from base an unverified form per-, to sell, make equal from source partransitive verb
priced, pric′ing- to put a price on; fix the price of
- Informal to ask or find out the price of
price Idioms
at any price
no matter what the cost
beyond 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
- to exclude in effect (a potential buyer) by charging prices that he or she cannot afford
