price (praɪs) ![]() | |
| —n | |
| 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. | gambling another word for odds |
| 7. | at any price whatever the price or cost |
| 8. | at a price at a high price |
| 9. | beyond price, without price invaluable or priceless |
| 10. | (Irish) the price of someone what someone deserves, esp a fitting punishment: it's just the price of him |
| 11. | what price something? what are the chances of something happening now? |
| —vb | |
| 12. | to fix or establish the price of |
| 13. | to ascertain or discover the price of |
| 14. | price out of the market to charge so highly for as to prevent the sale, hire, etc, of |
| [C13 pris, from Old French, from Latin pretium price, value, wage] | |
| 'pricer | |
| —n | |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |