Definitions for price
praɪs; ˈli ənˌtinprice

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. monetary value, price, cost(noun)

   the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)

   "the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver"; "he puts a high price on his services"; "he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection"

2. price, terms, damage(noun)

   the amount of money needed to purchase something

   "the price of gasoline"; "he got his new car on excellent terms"; "how much is the damage?"

3. price, cost, toll(noun)

   value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something

   "the cost in human life was enormous"; "the price of success is hard work"; "what price glory?"

4. price(noun)

   the high value or worth of something

   "her price is far above rubies"

5. price(noun)

   a monetary reward for helping to catch a criminal

   "the cattle thief has a price on his head"

6. price(noun)

   cost of bribing someone

   "they say that every politician has a price"

7. Price, Leontyne Price, Mary Leontyne Price(verb)

   United States operatic soprano (born 1927)

8. price(verb)

   determine the price of

   "The grocer priced his wares high"

9. price(verb)

   ascertain or learn the price of

   "Have you priced personal computers lately?"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. price(Noun)

   The cost required to gain possession of something.

2. price(Noun)

   The cost of an action or deed.

3. price(Verb)

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

4. price(Verb)

   To pay the price of, to make reparation for.

5. Price(ProperNoun)

   , anglicized from ap Rhys.

Origin: From price, from pris, preis, from pretium, prob. akin to Ancient Greek περνάω; compare praise, prize, precious, appraise, apprize, appreciate, depreciate, etc.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Price

   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

2. Price

   value; estimation; excellence; worth

3. Price

   reward; recompense; as, the price of industry

4. Price(verb)

   to pay the price of

5. Price(verb)

   to set a price on; to value. See Prize

6. Price(verb)

   to ask the price of; as, to price eggs

Origin: [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.]

Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Price

   In modern economies, prices are generally expressed in units of some form of currency. Although prices could be quoted as quantities of other goods or services this sort of barter exchange is rarely seen. Prices are sometimes quoted in terms of vouchers such as trading stamps and air miles. In some circumstances, cigarettes have been used as currency, for example in prisons, in times of hyperinflation, and in some places during World War 2. In a black market economy, barter is also relatively common. In many financial transactions, it is customary to quote prices in other ways. The most obvious example is in pricing a loan, when the cost will be expressed as the percentage rate of interest. The total amount of interest payable depends upon credit risk, the loan amount and the period of the loan. Other examples can be found in pricing financial derivatives and other financial assets. For instance the price of inflation-linked government securities in several countries is quoted as the actual price divided by a factor representing inflation since the security was issued. Price sometimes refers to the quantity of payment requested by a seller of goods or services, rather than the eventual payment amount. This requested amount is often called the asking price or selling price, while the actual payment may be called the transaction price or traded price. Likewise, the bid price or buying price is the quantity of payment offered by a buyer of goods or services, although this meaning is more common in asset or financial markets than in consumer markets.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Price

   prīs, n. that at which anything is prized, valued, or bought: excellence: recompense.—v.t. to set value on: (coll.) to ask the price of: (Spens.) to pay the price of.—ns. Price′-curr′ent, -list, a list of the prices paid for any class of goods, &c.—adjs. Priced, set at a value; Price′less, beyond price: invaluable: without value: worthless.—n. Price′lessness.—Price of money, the rate of discount in lending or borrowing capital.—Without price, priceless. [O. Fr. pris (Fr. prix)—L. pretium, price.]

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'price' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #563

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'price' in Written Corpus Frequency: #685

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'price' in Nouns Frequency: #101

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'price' in Verbs Frequency: #761

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of price in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of price in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of price in a Sentence

1. Prime Minister Hun Sen:

   We have to pay the price.

2. Giuseppe Mazzini:

   Good council has no price.

3. Ian Duncan:

   The carbon floor price must go.

4. Sarah Emerson:

   Price dictates the flow of oil.

5. Robert Half:

   Free advice is worth the price.

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