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Definition of Price

1. Verb. Determine the price of. "The grocer priced his wares high"

2. Noun. The property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold). "He couldn't calculate the cost of the collection"

3. Verb. Ascertain or learn the price of. "Have you priced personal computers lately?"

4. Noun. The amount of money needed to purchase something. "How much is the damage?"

5. Noun. Value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something. "What price glory?"

6. Noun. The high value or worth of something. "Her price is far above rubies"

7. Noun. A monetary reward for helping to catch a criminal. "The cattle thief has a price on his head"

8. Noun. Cost of bribing someone. "They say that every politician has a price"

9. Noun. United States operatic soprano (born 1927).

Definition of Price

1. n. 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.

2. v. t. To pay the price of.

Definition of Price

1. Proper noun. (surname Welsh patronymic from=Welsh dot=), anglicized from ''ap Rhys''. ¹

2. Noun. The cost required to gain possession of something. ¹

3. Noun. The cost of an action or deed. ¹

4. Verb. To determine the monetary value of (an item), to put a price on. ¹

5. Verb. (obsolete) To pay the price of, to make reparation for. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Price

1. to set a value on [v PRICED, PRICING, PRICES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Price

prial prials priapean priapi priapic priapically priapismic priapisms priapulid priapulids

priapuses priar pribble pribbles price (current term) price-controlled price-earnings ratio price-fixing price-to-earnings ratio price bracket

price competition price control price cut price cutting price fixing price floor price freeze price gouging price in

Literary usage of Price

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report by New Jersey Civil Service Commission (1910)
"price per lamp per year Glens Falls: Number of arc strset lamps ... Watts at arc: price per lamp per year 569 lamps Number of hours burned per year 47 lamps ..."

2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1917)
"Ind Arts M 6: 147-8 Ар '17 price, RB Development of commercial dirigibles. ... World Outl 3: 3-5 О '17 price maintenance Sec oteo Open price associations ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"AAAS Member's Cash price: $14.50. #87. Formulation of Research Policies 1967. ... AAAS Member's Cash price: $10.50 #85. Agriculture and the Quality of Our ..."

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