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price
1[ prahys ]
noun
- the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- a sum offered for the capture of a person alive or dead:
The authorities put a price on his head.
- 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.
- that which must be given, done, or undergone in order to obtain a thing:
He gained the victory, but at a heavy price.
- Archaic. value or worth.
- Archaic. great value or worth (usually preceded by of ).
verb (used with object)
- to fix the price of.
- to ask or determine the price of:
We spent the day pricing furniture at various stores.
Price
2[ prahys ]
noun
- Bruce, 1845–1903, U.S. architect.
- (Edward) Reynolds, 1933–2011, U.S. novelist.
- (Mary) Le·on·tyne [lee, -, uh, n-teen], born 1927, U.S. soprano.
- a male given name.
price
/ ɪ /
noun
- the sum in money or goods for which anything is or may be bought or sold
- the cost at which anything is obtained
- the cost of bribing a person
- a sum of money offered or given as a reward for a capture or killing
- value or worth, esp high worth
- gambling another word for odds
- at any pricewhatever the price or cost
- at a priceat a high price
- beyond price or without priceinvaluable or priceless
- the price of someonewhat someone deserves, esp a fitting punishment
it's just the price of him
- what price something?what are the chances of something happening now?
verb
- to fix or establish the price of
- to ascertain or discover the price of
- price out of the marketto charge so highly for as to prevent the sale, hire, etc, of
Derived Forms
- ˈ, noun
Other Word Forms
- a· adjective
- · verb (used with object) prepriced prepricing noun
- · verb repriced repricing
- ɱ- adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of price1
Idioms and Phrases
- at any price, at any cost, no matter how great:
Their orders were to capture the town at any price.
- 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
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The injunction was supposed to block Apple from anticompetitive conduct and pricing, opening the App Store up to outside payment options.
Nearby, one of the thousands of buyers that flock to this market every day is negotiating a price to buy more than 100 robots that turn into cars in a series of beeps and buzzes.
Separately, The Times found that UFLAC’s former treasurer, Domingo Albarran Jr., bought a union car at an alleged discount — and then reported an even lower sale price to the state to avoid paying taxes.
Trump said "gasoline prices are down by a lot" since he took office.
An independent regulator should have a role in setting football ticket prices because top-flight matches are often too expensive for working class supporters to attend, an MP has claimed.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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