English Explanatory Dictionary

price

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The cost required to gain possession of something.
  2. The cost of an action or deed.
  3. Value; estimation; excellence; worth.
verb
  1. To determine the monetary value of (an item); to put a price on.
  2. To find out what something costs
  3. To pay the price of; to make reparation for.
  4. To set a price on; to value; to prize.
  5. To ask the price of.
name
  1. A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic], anglicized from ap Rhys.
  2. A placename:
  3. A place in the United States:
  4. An unincorporated community in Queen Anne's County, Maryland.
  5. A township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
  6. An unincorporated community in Rusk County, Texas.
  7. A city, the county seat of Carbon County, Utah.
  8. A river in Utah, United States.
  9. An unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia.
  10. A town in Langlade County, Wisconsin.
  11. An unincorporated community in Garfield, Jackson County, Wisconsin.
  12. A village municipality in La Mitis regional county municipality, Bas-Saint-Laurent region, Quebec, Canada.
noun
  1. Acronym of protect, rest, ice, compression, and elevation (“a common treatment method for sprained joints”).

Pronunciation

/ˈpɹaɪ̯s/ en-us-price.ogg En-uk-price.ogg /ˈpɹɐɪ̯s/ /ˈpɹɜɪ̯s/ /ˈpɹʌɪ̯s/ /ˈpɹəɪ̯s/ /ˈpɹɑ̟ɪ̯s/ /ˈpɹɒ̈ɪ̯s/ /ˈpɹaːs/ /pɹaɪs/

Word forms

price prices prize pricing priced

Etymology

From Middle English price (“price, prize, value, excellence”), borrowed from Old French pris, preis, from Latin pretium (“worth, price, money spent, wages, reward”); compare praise, precious, appraise, appreciate, depreciate, etc.

Synonyms

esteem evaluate worthen appraise apprise apprize assess judge price prize rate valuate value weigh

Related words

Pryce Reece Rees Reese Rhys Rice

Derived words

arm's length price asking price at a price bidding price bid price book price bride price bride-price cheap at half the price cheap at the price choke price clean price consumer price index cost price cross-price elasticity of demand cut-price death-price equilibrium price every man has a price every man has his price exercise price fixed-price fixed price full price giveaway price half-price hammer price law of one price long price low exercise price option market price microprice midprice natural price non-price competition non-price nonprice open price pay the price pay the ultimate price pearl of great price perfect price discrimination political price fixing posted price preprice price ceiling price-conscious price control price current price-current price cut price-cutting price discriminate price discrimination price-earnings ratio price elasticity of demand price elasticity of supply price fixing price flexing price floor
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