Price (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
  2. a sum offered for the capture of a person alive or dead: The authorities put a price on his head.
  3. the sum of money, or other consideration, for which a person's support, consent, etc., may be obtained, especially in cases involving sacrifice of integrity: They claimed that every politician has a price.
  4. that which must be given, done, or undergone in order to obtain a thing: He gained the victory, but at a heavy price.
  5. odds (def. 2).
  6. value or worth.
  7. great value or worth (usually preceded by of).
verb (used with object), priced, pric·ing.
  1. to fix the price of.
  2. to ask or determine the price of: We spent the day pricing furniture at various stores.
Idioms
  1. at any cost, no matter how great: Their orders were to capture the town at any price.
  2. of incalculable value; priceless: The crown jewels are beyond price.
noun
  1. U.S. architect.
  2. U.S. novelist.
  3. U.S. soprano.
  4. a male given name.
noun
  1. the sum in money or goods for which anything is or may be bought or sold
  2. the cost at which anything is obtained
  3. the cost of bribing a person
  4. a sum of money offered or given as a reward for a capture or killing
  5. value or worth, esp high worth
  6. gambling another word for odds
  7. whatever the price or cost
  8. at a high price
  9. invaluable or priceless
  10. what someone deserves, esp a fitting punishment
  11. what are the chances of something happening now?
verb (tr)
  1. to fix or establish the price of
  2. to ascertain or discover the price of
  3. to charge so highly for as to prevent the sale, hire, etc, of
Price (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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