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Price

Price Meaning & Definition
Price Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Price?

[n] the high value or worth of something; "her price is far above rubies"
[n] the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold); "the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver"; "he puts a high price on his services"; "he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection"
[n] value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something; "the cost in human life was enormous"; "the price of success is hard work"; "what price glory?"
[n] a reward for helping to catch a criminal; "the cattle thief has a price on his head"
[n] United States operatic soprano (born 1927)
[n] the amount of money needed to purchase something; "the price of gasoline"; "he got his new car on excellent terms"; "how much is the damage?"
[n] cost of bribing someone; "they say that every politician has a price"
[v] ascertain or learn the price of; "Have you priced personal computers lately?"
[v] determine the price of

Synonyms | Synonyms for Price: cost | damage | Leontyne Price | Mary Leontyne Price | monetary value | terms | toll

Related Terms | Find terms related to Price:

See Also | ascertain | asking price | assessment | average cost | bid price | closing price | cost | death toll | determine | differential cost | expensiveness | factory price | incremental cost | inexpensiveness | manipulate | marginal cost | mark up | overprice | purchase price | reward | rig | selling price | set | soprano | support level | underquote | valuation | value | worth

Price In Webster's Dictionary

\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.
\Price\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Priced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pricing}.] 1. To pay the price of. [Obs.] With thine own blood to price his blood. --Spenser. 2. To set a price on; to value. See {Prize}. 3. To ask the price of; as, to price eggs. [Colloq.]

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