price Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
    cost; monetary value.
    • 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. noun the amount of money needed to purchase something
    terms; damage.
    • the price of gasoline
    • he got his new car on excellent terms
    • how much is the damage?
  3. noun value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something
    cost; toll.
    • the cost in human life was enormous
    • the price of success is hard work
    • what price glory?
  4. noun the high value or worth of something
    • her price is far above rubies
  5. noun a monetary reward for helping to catch a criminal
    • the cattle thief has a price on his head
  6. noun cost of bribing someone
    • they say that every politician has a price
  7. noun United States operatic soprano (born 1927)
    Leontyne Price; Mary Leontyne Price.
  8. verb determine the price of
    • The grocer priced his wares high
  9. verb ascertain or learn the price of
    • Have you priced personal computers lately?

WordNet

Price noun
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  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 transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Priced ; present participle & verbal noun Pricing
Definitions
  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 1913