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price
[prahys] 
noun, verb, priced, pric⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale. |
| 2. | a sum offered for the capture of a person alive or dead: The authorities put a price on his head. |
| 3. | the sum of money, or other consideration, for which a person's support, consent, etc., may be obtained, esp. in cases involving sacrifice of integrity: They claimed that every politician has a price. |
| 4. | that which must be given, done, or undergone in order to obtain a thing: He gained the victory, but at a heavy price. |
| 5. | odds (def. 2). |
| 6. | Archaic. value or worth. |
| 7. | Archaic. great value or worth (usually prec. by of). |
–verb (used with object)
—Idioms| 8. | to fix the price of. |
| 9. | to ask or determine the price of: We spent the day pricing furniture at various stores. |
| 10. | at any price, at any cost, no matter how great: Their orders were to capture the town at any price. |
| 11. | beyond or without price, of incalculable value; priceless: The crown jewels are beyond price. |
Origin:
1175–1225; (n.) ME pris(e) < OF < L pretium price, value, worth (cf. precious ); (v.) late ME prisen < MF prisier, deriv. of pris, OF as above; see prize 2 , praise
1175–1225; (n.) ME pris(e) < OF < L pretium price, value, worth (cf. precious ); (v.) late ME prisen < MF prisier, deriv. of pris, OF as above; see prize 2 , praise
Related forms:
price⋅a⋅ble, adjective
Synonyms:
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.
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.
Price
[prahys] –noun
| 1. | Bruce, 1845–1903, U.S. architect. |
| 2. | (Edward) Reynolds, born 1933, U.S. novelist. |
| 3. | (Mary) Le⋅on⋅tyne [lee-uhn-teen] , born 1927, U.S. soprano. |
| 4. | a male given name. |
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| price (prīs) n.
[Middle English pris, from Old French, from Latin pretium; see per-5 in Indo-European roots.] price'a·ble adj., pric'er n. |
| Price (prīs) American operatic soprano who performed with the New York Metropolitan Opera (1961-1985), earning greatest praise for her roles in Verdi's operas. |
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Price
Price\, n. [OE. pris, OF. pris, F. prix, L. pretium; cf. Gr. ? I sell ? to buy, Skr. pa? to buy, OI. renim I sell. Cf. Appreciate, Depreciate, Interpret, Praise, n. & v., Precious, Prize.]1. The sum or amount of money at which a thing is valued, or the value which a seller sets on his goods in market; that for which something is bought or sold, or offered for sale; equivalent in money or other means of exchange; current value or rate paid or demanded in market or in barter; cost. "Buy wine and milk without money and without price." --Isa. lv. 1. We can afford no more at such a price. --Shak. 2. Value; estimation; excellence; worth. Her price is far above rubies. --Prov. xxxi. 10. New treasures still, of countless price. --Keble. 3. Reward; recompense; as, the price of industry. 'T is the price of toil, The knave deserves it when he tills the soil. --Pope. Price current, or Price list, a statement or list of the prevailing prices of merchandise, stocks, specie, bills of exchange, etc., published statedly or occasionally.
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Language Translation for : price
Spanish:
precio,
German:
der Preis,
Japanese:
値段
price
c.1225, pris, from O.Fr. pris "price, value, wages, reward," also "honor, praise, prize" (Fr. prix), from L.L. precium, from L. pretium "reward, prize, value, worth," from PIE *preti- "back," on notion of "recompense" (cf. Skt. aprata "without recompense, gratuitously," Gk. protei "toward, to, upon," Lett. pret "opposite," O.C.S. protivu "in opposition to, against"). Praise, price, and prize began to diverge in O.Fr., with praise emerging in M.E. by 1325 and prize being evident by late 1500s with the rise of the -z- spelling. Having shed the extra O.Fr. and M.E. senses, the word now again has the base sense of the L. original. The verb meaning "to set the price of" is attested from c.1382. Priceless (1593) logically ought to mean the same as worthless, but it doesn't. Price-tag is recorded from 1881. Pricey "expensive" first attested 1932.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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price
- The dollar amount at which a security trades. Stocks are nearly always quoted fully (that is, $25 means $25 per share), while bonds are ordinarily quoted as a percentage of par value (that is, 98 represents $980 per $1,000 par bond).
Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
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price
In addition to the idioms beginning with price, also see at all costs (at any price); cheap at twice the price; every man has his price.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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