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price

noun
/ˈpɹaɪ̯s/US/ˈpɹɐɪ̯s//pɹaɪs/US

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.

  1. derived from pretium
  2. derived from pris
  3. inherited from price

Definitions

  1. The cost required to gain possession of something.

    • We can afford no more at such a price.

  2. The cost of an action or deed.

    • 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.

  3. Value

    Value; estimation; excellence; worth.

    • Her price is far above rubies.
    • new treasures still, of countless price
  4. ›+ 8 more definitions

    1. To determine the monetary value of (an item)

      To determine the monetary value of (an item); to put a price on.

    2. To find out what something costs

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

    3. To pay the price of

      To pay the price of; to make reparation for.

      • 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.

    4. To set a price on

      To set a price on; to value; to prize.

    5. To ask the price of.

      • to price eggs

    6. A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic], anglicized from ap Rhys.

    7. A placename

      A placename:

    8. Acronym of protect, rest, ice, compression, and elevation (“a common treatment method for…

      Acronym of protect, rest, ice, compression, and elevation (“a common treatment method for sprained joints”).

      • Even though PRICE can help you get on the road to recovery, it only represents the first step.

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Derived

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 · +84 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at price. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at price. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at price

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA