Price

//pɹaɪs// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic], anglicized from ap Rhys. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A placename:; A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Queen Anne's County, Maryland. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A placename:; A place in the United States:; A township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A placename:; A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Rusk County, Texas. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A placename:; A place in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Carbon County, Utah. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A placename:; A place in the United States:; A river in Utah, United States. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A placename:; A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A placename:; A place in the United States:; A town in Langlade County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A placename:; A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Garfield, Jackson County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A placename:; A village municipality in La Mitis regional county municipality, Bas-Saint-Laurent region, Quebec, Canada. countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A placename:; A town in Yorke Peninsula council area, South Australia. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    A placename:; Ellipsis of Price County. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    The cost required to gain possession of something.

    "We can afford no more at such a price."

  2. 2
    Acronym of protect, rest, ice, compression, and elevation (“a common treatment method for sprained joints”). abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable

    "Even though PRICE can help you get on the road to recovery, it only represents the first step."

  3. 3
    the high value or worth of something wordnet
  4. 4
    The cost of an action or deed.

    "I paid a high price for my folly."

  5. 5
    the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold) wordnet
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  1. 6
    Value; estimation; excellence; worth.

    "Her price is far above rubies."

  2. 7
    value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something wordnet
  3. 8
    a monetary reward for helping to catch a criminal wordnet
  4. 9
    the amount of money needed to purchase something wordnet
  5. 10
    cost of bribing someone wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To determine the monetary value of (an item); to put a price on. transitive
  2. 2
    ascertain or learn the price of wordnet
  3. 3
    To pay the price of; to make reparation for. obsolete, transitive

    "Thou damned wight, / The author of this fact, we here behold, / What iustice can but iudge against thee right, / With thine owne bloud to price his bloud, here shed in sight."

  4. 4
    determine the price of wordnet
  5. 5
    To set a price on; to value; to prize. obsolete, transitive
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  1. 6
    To ask the price of. colloquial, dated, transitive

    "to price eggs"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English price (“price, prize, value, excellence”), borrowed from Old French pris, preis, from Latin pretium (“worth, price, money spent, wages, reward”); compare praise, precious, appraise, appreciate, depreciate, etc.

Etymology 2

From Middle English price (“price, prize, value, excellence”), borrowed from Old French pris, preis, from Latin pretium (“worth, price, money spent, wages, reward”); compare praise, precious, appraise, appreciate, depreciate, etc.

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