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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
/ praɪs /
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
- ˈpricer, noun
Other Words From
- pricea·ble adjective
- pre·price verb (used with object) prepriced prepricing noun
- re·price verb repriced repricing
- well-priced 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
“Price for adults to $4250; From 10 years to 14 years to $2125; Under 10 years free,” the listing says.
But in more middle-class and working-class neighborhoods, sessions are typically a fourth of that price.
Bitcoin began 2013 with a roaring price of $770 per unit, and businesses right and left were converting to the ethereal product.
He is a true advocate for human rights who has paid a horrible price for standing up against the Assad dictatorship.
Industry experts claim an increase in awareness amongst men when it comes to styles, design, and price regarding their underwear.
(p. 054) At this period it appears that tobacco was used as money, and as the measure of price and value.
Yielding to the advice of his friends, he put on it a price the amount of which abashed him.
The great Mr. Abrahams had an unlimited commission to secure at any price, a long list of great works.
If the high wage is paid and the short hours are granted, then the price of the thing made, so it seems, rises higher still.
She reached forward to it in ecstasy; but she might not enjoy it, save at the price which her conscience exacted.
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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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