Price

/ˈpɹaɪ̯s/ · noun

Meaning

The cost required to gain possession of something..

Definitions by Sense

1. The cost required to gain possession of something.
2. The cost of an action or deed.
3. Value; estimation; excellence; worth.
4. (transitive) To determine the monetary value of (an item); to put a price on.
5. (transitive) To find out what something costs
6. (transitive, obsolete) To pay the price of; to make reparation for.
7. (transitive, obsolete) To set a price on; to value; to prize.
8. (transitive, colloquial, dated) To ask the price of.

Example Sentences

We can afford no more at such a price.

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.

I paid a high price for my folly.

It is difficult otherwise to explain the contradictions of [Chamberlain’s] policy, his failure to grasp any of the courses that were open to him. Like the mass of the people, he did not want to pay the price either of peace or of war.

Her price is far above rubies.

new treasures still, of countless price

We priced a few laptops before deciding which one to buy.

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.

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Word Forms

• prices
• prize
• pricing
• priced

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