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price

1

[ prahys ]

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, especially 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. Archaic. value or worth.
  6. Archaic. great value or worth (usually preceded by of ).


verb (used with object)

, priced, pric·ing.
  1. to fix the price of.
  2. to ask or determine the price of:

    We spent the day pricing furniture at various stores.

Price

2

[ prahys ]

noun

  1. Bruce, 1845–1903, U.S. architect.
  2. (Edward) Reynolds, 1933–2011, U.S. novelist.
  3. (Mary) Le·on·tyne [lee, -, uh, n-teen], born 1927, U.S. soprano.
  4. a male given name.

price

/ praɪs /

noun

  1. the sum in money or goods for which anything is or may be bought or sold
  2. the cost at which anything is obtained
  3. the cost of bribing a person
  4. a sum of money offered or given as a reward for a capture or killing
  5. value or worth, esp high worth
  6. See odds
    gambling another word for odds
  7. at any price
    at any price whatever the price or cost
  8. at a price
    at a price at a high price
  9. beyond price
    beyond pricewithout price invaluable or priceless
  10. the price of someone
    the price of someone what someone deserves, esp a fitting punishment

    it's just the price of him

  11. what price something?
    what price something? what are the chances of something happening now?


verb

  1. to fix or establish the price of
  2. to ascertain or discover the price of
  3. price out of the market
    price out of the market to charge so highly for as to prevent the sale, hire, etc, of

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Derived Forms

  • ˈpricer, noun

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Other Words From

  • pricea·ble adjective
  • pre·price verb (used with object) prepriced prepricing noun
  • re·price verb repriced repricing
  • well-priced adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of price1

First recorded in 1175–1225; (noun) Middle English pris(e), from Old French, Latin pretium “price, value, worth” ( precious ); (verb) late Middle English prisen, from Middle French prisier, derivative of pris, Old French as above; prize 2, praise

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Word History and Origins

Origin of price1

C13 pris, from Old French, from Latin pretium price, value, wage

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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. at any price, at any cost, no matter how great:

    Their orders were to capture the town at any price.

  2. beyond / without price, of incalculable value; priceless:

    The crown jewels are beyond price.

More idioms and phrases containing price

  • at all costs (at any price)
  • cheap at twice the price
  • every man has his price

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Synonym Study

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.

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Example Sentences

While the price gains in currencies like COMP have been driven by traders looking for arbitrage opportunities, Sullivan notes that such activity helped mainstream cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin gain a foothold years ago.

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Companies with any market power to raise prices will likely do so.

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Domestic soybean prices in Brazil rose to a record as the real slumped against the dollar and oilseed demand picked up.

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Overstock’s share price has grown six times more than Wayfair, which is having a heck of a run itself.

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Smaller electric-vehicle makers like Workhouse Group and Arcimoto have done even better, seeing their stock prices rise fivefold.

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“Price for adults to $4250; From 10 years to 14 years to $2125; Under 10 years free,” the listing says.

But in more middle-class and working-class neighborhoods, sessions are typically a fourth of that price.

Bitcoin began 2013 with a roaring price of $770 per unit, and businesses right and left were converting to the ethereal product.

He is a true advocate for human rights who has paid a horrible price for standing up against the Assad dictatorship.

Industry experts claim an increase in awareness amongst men when it comes to styles, design, and price regarding their underwear.

(p. 054) At this period it appears that tobacco was used as money, and as the measure of price and value.

Yielding to the advice of his friends, he put on it a price the amount of which abashed him.

The great Mr. Abrahams had an unlimited commission to secure at any price, a long list of great works.

If the high wage is paid and the short hours are granted, then the price of the thing made, so it seems, rises higher still.

She reached forward to it in ecstasy; but she might not enjoy it, save at the price which her conscience exacted.

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