price
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -aɪs
enpr: prīs
ipa: /pɹaɪs/
ipa: /pɹɑjs/
note: Canadian raising
ipa: /pɹʌɪs/
Forms: form: prices
form: prize
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.
Senses: examples: text: We can afford no more at such a price.
ref: c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
text: 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.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter III, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
glosses: The cost required to gain possession of something.
examples: text: I paid a high price for my folly.
text: 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.
ref: 1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn:
glosses: The cost of an action or deed.
examples: text: Her price is far above rubies.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs xxxi:10:
text: new treasures still, of countless price
ref: 1827, [John Keble], The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holydays throughout the Year, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] [B]y W. Baxter, for J. Parker; and C[harles] and J[ohn] Rivington, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Value; estimation; excellence; worth.
Hyponyms: ask price
cover price
friend price
list price
loyalty price
pool price
prime price
purchase price
reservation price
reserve price
selling price
shadow price
spot price
starting price
strike price
upset price
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: arm's length price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: asking price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: at a price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: bidding price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: bid price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: book price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: bride price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: bride-price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: cheap at half the price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: cheap at the price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: choke price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: clean price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: consumer price index
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: cost price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: cross-price elasticity of demand
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: cut-price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: death-price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: equilibrium price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: every man has a price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: every man has his price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: exercise price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: fixed-price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: fixed price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: full price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: giveaway price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: half-price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: hammer price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: law of one price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: long price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: low exercise price option
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: market price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: natural price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: non-price competition
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: non-price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: nonprice
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: open price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: pay the price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: pay the ultimate price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: pearl of great price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: perfect price discrimination
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: political price fixing
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: posted price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price ceiling
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price-conscious
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price control
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price-current
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price current
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price cut
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price-cutting
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price discriminate
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price discrimination
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price-earnings ratio
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price elasticity of demand
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price elasticity of supply
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price fixing
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price flexing
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price floor
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price gouge
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price gouger
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price gouging
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price gun
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price in
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price index
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price is right
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price level
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price-lining
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price list
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price maker
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price match
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price of admiralty
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price of eggs
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price of money
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price of tea in China
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price on someone's head
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price out
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price out of the market
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price point
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price range
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price scissors
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price signal
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price skimming
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price stability
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price tag
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price tagger
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price taker
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price to sell
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price up
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price war
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: price-wise
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: pricy
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: producer price index
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: quarter-up price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: redemption price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: retail price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: sale price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: sluice-gate price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: sticker price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: stock price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: two for the price of one
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: two-price advertising
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: unit price
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: what does that have to do with the price of corn
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: what does that have to do with the price of fish
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: what does that have to do with the price of tea in China
sense: Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms
word: without price