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noun

Price n.

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." "We can afford no more at such a price."

Value; estimation; excellence; worth. "Her price is far above rubies." "New treasures still, of countless price."

Reward; recompense; as, the price of industry. "'T is the price of toil, The knave deserves it when he tills the soil."

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.

verb

Price v. t. (past & past part. priced; pres. part. pricing)

To pay the price of. (Obs.) "With thine own blood to price his blood."

To set a price on; to value. See Prize.

To ask the price of; as, to price eggs. (Colloq.)

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— Howards End • E. M. Forster

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