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English
Etymology
< Middle English price (“‘price, prize, value, excellence’”) < Old French pris, preis < Latin pretium (“‘worth, price, money spent, wages, reward’”), prob. akin to Greek περνάναι (“‘to sell’”); cf. praise, prize, precious, appraise, apprize, appreciate, depreciate, etc.
Pronunciation
Noun
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Singular price |
Plural prices |
price (plural prices)
- The cost required to gain possession of something.
- The cost of an action or deed.
- I paid a high price for my folly.
Derived terms
Verb
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Infinitive to price |
Third person singular prices |
Simple past priced |
Past participle priced |
Present participle pricing |
to price (third-person singular simple present prices, present participle pricing, simple past and past participle priced)
Translations
determine or put a price on something
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External links
- price in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- price in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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