Category:Price

Price, n. Etym: [oe. pris, of. pris, f. prix, l. pretium; cf. Gr. 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 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.]