price

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The cost required to gain possession of something.

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1
The cost required to gain possession of something.
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.
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; estimation; excellence; worth.
Her price is far above rubies.
new treasures still, of countless price

Étymologie

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.

verbe

1
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
obsolèteTo 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
obsolèteTo set a price on; to value; to prize.
5
vieilliTo ask the price of.
to price eggs

Formes

pluriel: prices
passé: priced
participe passé: priced
participe présent: pricing
3ᵉ personne du singulier: prices

previous · Prior; occurring before something else, either in time or…previously · At an earlier time; already.prey · That which is or may be seized by animals to be devoured.

price · The cost required to gain possession of something.

Price · A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic],…priceless · So precious as not to be obtainable or sold at any price.prick · A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.

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