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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
/ ɪ /
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
- ˈ, noun
Other Word Forms
- a· adjective
- · verb (used with object) prepriced prepricing noun
- · verb repriced repricing
- ɱ- 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
’s getting newly registered cars on the road so fast is the fear that the Trump administration’s trade wars will starkly increase car prices, prompting motorists to buy new cars before the anticipated price hike.
"FPDS does not reflect the actual paid price until some period of time after the contract has been completed and the contract actions have been recorded," he says.
He says that raising "bilateral barriers" on commodities mostly just affects "who sells to whom", and not financial gains for the sellers - as the prices are set globally.
Higher interest rates dampen activity, helping to keep prices stable.
New figures show although prices in Jersey have continued to rise, the annual rate of inflation has decreased since the end of last year.
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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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