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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun price has 7 senses
- price(n = noun.attribute) cost, monetary value - 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" is a kind of value
- price(n = noun.possession) damage, terms - 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?" is a kind of cost
- price(n = noun.attribute) cost, toll - 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?" is a kind of value
- price(n = noun.attribute) Array - the high value or worth of something; "her price is far above rubies" is a kind of worth
- price(n = noun.communication) Array - a monetary reward for helping to catch a criminal; "the cattle thief has a price on his head" is a kind of reward
- price(n = noun.possession) Array - cost of bribing someone; "they say that every politician has a price" is a kind of cost
- price(n = noun.person) leontyne price, mary leontyne price - United States operatic soprano (born 1927); Array is a kind of soprano
has particulars: average cost, differential cost, incremental cost, marginal cost, expensiveness, assessment, inexpensiveness
has particulars: asking price, selling price, bid price, closing price, factory price, highway robbery, purchase price, cash price, spot price, support level, valuation
Derived forms verb price2, verb price1, adjective pricey1, adjective pricy1
has particulars: death toll
Derived forms adjective pricey1, adjective pricy1
Verb price has 2 senses
- price(v = verb.possession) Array - determine the price of; "The grocer priced his wares high" is one way to determine, set
- price(v = verb.cognition) Array - ascertain or learn the price of; "Have you priced personal computers lately?" is one way to ascertain
Derived forms noun price2, noun pricing1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived forms noun price2, noun pricing1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE 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.].
- 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. Isa. lv. 1. [1913 Webster]"We can afford no more at such a price." [1913 Webster]
- Value; estimation; excellence; worth. [1913 Webster]"Her price is far above rubies." [1913 Webster]"New treasures still, of countless price." [1913 Webster]
- Reward; recompense; as, the price of industry. [1913 Webster]"'T is the price of toil,
The knave deserves it when he tills the soil." [1913 Webster]
price, v. t.
- To pay the price of. [1913 Webster]"With thine own blood to price his blood." [1913 Webster]
- To set a price on; to value. See Prize. [1913 Webster]
- To ask the price of; as, to price eggs. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
price, n. & v.
--n.
1 a the amount of money or goods for which a thing is bought or sold. b value or worth (a pearl of great price; beyond price).
2 what is or must be given, done, sacrificed, etc., to obtain or achieve something.
3 the odds in betting (starting price).
--v.tr.
1 fix or find the price of (a thing for sale).
2 estimate the value of.
--n.
1 a the amount of money or goods for which a thing is bought or sold. b value or worth (a pearl of great price; beyond price).
2 what is or must be given, done, sacrificed, etc., to obtain or achieve something.
3 the odds in betting (starting price).
--v.tr.
1 fix or find the price of (a thing for sale).
2 estimate the value of.
Idiom
above (or beyond or without) price so valuable that no price can be stated. at any price no matter what the cost, sacrifice, etc. (peace at any price). at a price at a high cost. price-fixing the maintaining of prices at a certain level by agreement between competing sellers. price-list a list of current prices of items on sale. price on a person's head a reward for a person's capture or death. price oneself out of the market lose to one's competitors by charging more than customers are willing to pay. price-ring a group of traders acting illegally to control certain prices. price tag
1 the label on an item showing its price.
2 the cost of an enterprise or undertaking. price war fierce competition among traders cutting prices. set a price on declare the price of. what price ...? (often foll.
by verbal noun) colloq.
1 what is the chance of ...? (what price your finishing the course?).
2 iron. the expected or much boasted ... proves disappointing (what price your friendship now?).
1 the label on an item showing its price.
2 the cost of an enterprise or undertaking. price war fierce competition among traders cutting prices. set a price on declare the price of. what price ...? (often foll.
by verbal noun) colloq.
1 what is the chance of ...? (what price your finishing the course?).
2 iron. the expected or much boasted ... proves disappointing (what price your friendship now?).
Derivative
priced adj. (also in comb.). pricer n.
Etymology
(n.) ME f. OF pris f. L pretium: (v.) var. of prise = PRIZE(1)
DEVIL DICTIONARY
price
n. Value, plus a reasonable sum for the wear and tear of conscience in demanding it.THESAURUS
price
amends, amount, appraisal, appraise, asking price, assay, assess, atonement, bank rate, bearish prices, bid price, blood money, bonus, book value, bounty, bullish prices, call price, charge, closing price, compensation, compensatory interest, compound interest, consequence, consideration, cost, cost out, damages, dearness, decline, discount rate, equivalent odds, evaluate, evaluation, even break, even chance, exorbitant interest, expenditure, expense, extraordinary worth, face value, fair-trade, fee, figure, fixed price, flash price, flurry, flutter, good chance, great price, great value, gross interest, guerdon, high, honorarium, hundred-to-one shot, indemnification, indemnity, interest, interest rate, invaluableness, issue par, issue price, long odds, long shot, low, lucrative interest, market price, market value, meed, mortgage points, net interest, no chance, nominal value, odds, offering price, opening price, outlay, par, par value, parity, payment, penal interest, penal retribution, penalization, penalty, penance, preciousness, premium, price of money, price tag, priceless, pricelessness, prize, punishment, put price, quittance, quotation, quote a price, quoted price, rally, rate, rate of interest, recompense, redress, remuneration, reparation, requital, requitement, restitution, retribution, return, reward, sacrifice, salvage, satisfaction, settling price, short odds, simple interest, small chance, smart money, solatium, square odds, stated value, swings, tab, tariff, toll, usury, valorize, valuableness, valuate, valuation, value, wergild, worthROGET THESAURUS
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Goodness
N goodness, excellence, merit, virtue, value, worth, price, super-excellence, supereminence, superiority, perfection, coup de maitre, masterpiece, chef d'ouvre, prime, flower, cream, elite, pick, A, nonesuch, nonpareil, creme de la creme, flower of the flock, cock of the roost, salt of the earth, champion, prodigy, tidbit, gem, gem of the first water, bijou, precious stone, jewel, pearl, diamond, ruby, brilliant, treasure, good thing, rara avis, one in a thousand, beneficence, good man, harmless, hurtless, unobnoxious, innocuous, innocent, inoffensive, beneficial, valuable, of value, serviceable, advantageous, edifying, profitable, salutary, favorable, propitious fair, good, good as gold, excellent, better, superior, above par, nice, fine, genuine, best, choice, select, picked, elect, recherche, rare, priceless, unparagoned, unparalleled, superlatively, good, bully, crackajack, giltedged, superfine, superexcellent, of the first water, first-rate, first-class, high- wrought, exquisite, very best, crack, prime, tiptop, capital, cardinal, standard, inimitable, admirable, estimable, praiseworthy, pleasing, couleur de rose, precious, of great price, costly, worth its weight in gold, worth a Jew's eye, priceless, invaluable, inestimable, precious as the apple of the eye, tolerable, up to the mark, unexceptionable, unobjectionable, satisfactory, tidy, in good condition, in fair condition, fresh, sound, beneficially, well, Jewels five words long, long may such goodness live!, the luxury of doing good.Substitution
N substitution, commutation, supplanting, metaphor, metonymy, substitute, ersatz, makeshift, temporary expedient, replacement, succedaneum, shift, pis aller, stopgap, jury rigging, jury mast, locum tenens, warming pan, dummy, scapegoat, double, changeling, quid pro quo, alternative, representative, palimpsest, price, purchase money, consideration, equivalent, substituted, ersatz, phony, vicarious, subdititious, instead, in place of, in lieu of, in the stead of, in the room of, faute de mieux.Price
N price, amount, cost, expense, prime cost, charge, figure, demand, damage, fare, hire, wages, value, dues, duty, toll, tax, impost, cess, sess, tallage, levy, abkari, capitation tax, poll tax, doomage, likin, gabel, gabelle, gavel, octroi, custom, excise, assessment, benevolence, tithe, tenths, exactment, ransom, salvage, tariff, brokerage, wharfage, freightage, bill, shot, priced, to the tune of, ad valorem, dutiable, mercenary, venal, no penny no paternoster, point d'argent point de Suisse, no longer pipe no longer dance, no song no supper, if you dance you have to pay the piper, you get what you pay for, there's no such thing as a free lunch, one may have it for, a bon marche.VB bear a price, set a price, fix a price, appraise, assess, doom, price, charge, demand, ask, require, exact, run up, distrain, run up a bill, have one's price, liquidate, amount to, come to, mount up to, stand one in, fetch, sell for, cost, bring in, yield, afford.
Reward
N reward, recompense, remuneration, meed, guerdon, reguerdon, price, indemnity, indemnification, quittance, compensation, reparation, redress, satisfaction, reckoning, acknowledgment, requital, amends, sop, atonement, retribution, consideration, return, quid pro quo, salvage, perquisite, vail, douceur, bribe, hush money, smart money, blackmail, extortion, carcelage, solatium, allowance, salary, stipend, wages, compensation, pay, payment, emolument, tribute, batta, shot, scot, bonus, premium, tip, fee, honorarium, hire, dasturi, dustoori, mileage, crown, remunerative, remuneratory, munerary, compensatory, retributive, reparatory, rewarding, satisfactory, fideli certa merces, honor virtutis praemium, tibi seris tibi metis.
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