Definition of Prce
Price (?), n. [OE. pris, OF.
pris, F. prix, L. pretium; cf. Gr. &?; I sell &?;
to buy, Skr. pa&?; to buy, OI. renim I sell. Cf.
Appreciate, Depreciate, Interpret, Praise,
n. & v., Precious, Prize.]
1. The sum or amount of money at which a thing is
valued, or the value which a seller sets on his goods in market; that
for which something is bought or sold, or offered for sale; equivalent
in money or other means of exchange; current value or rate paid or
demanded in market or in barter; cost. "Buy wine and milk
without money and without price." Isa. lv. 1.
We can afford no more at such a
price. Shak.
2. Value; estimation; excellence;
worth.
Her price is far above rubies.
Prov. xxxi. 10.
New treasures still, of countless
price. Keble.
3. Reward; recompense; as, the price of
industry.
'T is the price of toil,
The knave deserves it when he tills the soil.
Pope.
Price current, or Price list,
a statement or list of the prevailing prices of merchandise,
stocks, specie, bills of exchange, etc., published statedly or
occasionally.
Price, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Priced (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Pricing.] 1. To pay the price of.
[Obs.]
With thine own blood to price his
blood. Spenser.
2. To set a price on; to value. See
Prize.
3. To ask the price of; as, to price
eggs. [Colloq.]
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
PRICE, n. Value, plus a reasonable sum for the wear and tear of
conscience in demanding it.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- The cost required to gain possession of something.
- The cost of an action or deed. Example: I paid a high price for my folly.
- to determine the monetary value of an item
Price- A welsh patronymic surname, anglicized from ap Rhys
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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