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Webster 1913 Edition
Price
Price
,Noun.
[OE. ,
pris
, OF. pris
, F. prix
, L. pretium
; cf. Gr. [GREEK] I sell [GREEK] to buy, Skr. pa[GREEK]
to buy, OI. renim
I sell. Cf. Appreciate
, Depreciate
, Interpret
, Praise
, Noun.
& Verb.
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
. Shakespeare
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
The knave deserves it when he tills the soil.
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
,Verb.
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.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Price
PRICE
,Noun.
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. A man often sets a price on goods which he cannot obtain, and often takes less than the price set.2.
The sum or equivalent given for an article sold; as the price paid for a house, an ox or a watch.3.
The current value or rate paid for any species of goods; as the market price of wheat.4.
Value; estimation; excellence; worth. Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. Prov.31.
5.
Reward; recompense. That vice may merit; 'tis the price of toil;
The knave deserves it when he tills the soil.
The price of redemption, is the atonement of Jesus Christ. 1 Cor.6.
A price in the hands of a fool, the valuable offers of salvation, which he neglects. Prov.17.
PRICE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To set a price on. [See Prize.]Definition 2024
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English
Noun
price (plural prices)
- The cost required to gain possession of something.
- Shakespeare
- We can afford no more at such a price.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 3, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
- My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.
- Shakespeare
- The cost of an action or deed.
- I paid a high price for my folly.
- Value; estimation; excellence; worth.
- Bible, Proverbs xxxi. 10
- Her price is far above rubies.
- Keble
- new treasures still, of countless price
- Bible, Proverbs xxxi. 10
Derived terms
Terms derived from price (noun)
Translations
cost required to gain possession of something
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cost of an action or deed
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Verb
price (third-person singular simple present prices, present participle pricing, simple past and past participle priced)
- To determine the monetary value of (an item), to put a price on.
- (obsolete) To pay the price of, to make reparation for.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.ix:
- 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.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.ix:
- (obsolete) To set a price on; to value; to prize.
- (colloquial, dated) To ask the price of.
- to price eggs
Translations
determine or put a price on something