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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Price \Price\, noun [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}, noun & 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Price \Price\, verb (used with an object) [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.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
price
noun
1: 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?" [syn: {terms}, {damage}]
2: 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" [syn: {monetary value}, {cost}]
3: 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?" [syn: {cost}, {toll}]
4: the high value or worth of something; "her price is far above rubies"
5: a reward for helping to catch a criminal; "the cattle thief has a price on his head"
6: cost of bribing someone; "they say that every politician has a price"
7: United States operatic soprano (born 1927) [syn: {Leontyne Price}, {Mary Leontyne Price}]
verb
1: determine the price of; "The grocer priced his wares high"
2: ascertain or learn the price of; "Have you priced personal computers lately?"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
135 Moby Thesaurus words for "price": amends, amount, appraisal, appraise, asking price, assay, assess, atonement, bank rate, bearish prices, bid price, blood money, bonus, book value, bounty, bullish prices, call price, charge, closing price, compensation, compensatory interest, compound interest, consequence, consideration, cost, cost out, damages, dearness, decline, discount rate, equivalent odds, evaluate, evaluation, even break, even chance, exorbitant interest, expenditure, expense, extraordinary worth, face value, fair-trade, fee, figure, fixed price, flash price, flurry, flutter, good chance, great price, great value, gross interest, guerdon, high, honorarium, hundred-to-one shot, indemnification, indemnity, interest, interest rate, invaluableness, issue par, issue price, long odds, long shot, low, lucrative interest, market price, market value, meed, mortgage points, net interest, no chance, nominal value, odds, offering price, opening price, outlay, par, par value, parity, payment, penal interest, penal retribution, penalization, penalty, penance, preciousness, premium, price of money, price tag, priceless, pricelessness, prize, punishment, put price, quittance, quotation, quote a price, quoted price, rally, rate, rate of interest, recompense, redress, remuneration, reparation, requital, requitement, restitution, retribution, return, reward, sacrifice, salvage, satisfaction, settling price, short odds, simple interest, small chance, smart money, solatium, square odds, stated value, swings, tab, tariff, toll, usury, valorize, valuableness, valuate, valuation, value, wergild, worth
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
PRICE, noun Value, plus a reasonable sum for the wear and tear of conscience in demanding it.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Price, TX Zip code(s): 75687 Price, UT (city, FIPS 62030) Location: 39.60166 N, 110.80129 W Population (1990): 8712 (3410 housing units) Area: 10.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 84501
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Price, UT -- U.S. city in Utah Population (2000): 8402 Housing Units (2000): 3311 Land area (2000): 4.243980 sq. miles (10.991857 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 4.243980 sq. miles (10.991857 sq. km) FIPS code: 62030 Located within: Utah (UT), FIPS 49 Location: 39.600119 N, 110.806564 W ZIP Codes (1990): 84501 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Price, UT Price
From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:
Price -- U.S. County in Wisconsin Population (2000): 15822 Housing Units (2000): 9574 Land area (2000): 1252.557215 sq. miles (3244.108156 sq. km) Water area (2000): 25.870112 sq. miles (67.003280 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1278.427327 sq. miles (3311.111436 sq. km) Located within: Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55 Location: 45.711050 N, 90.373060 W Headwords: Price Price, WI Price County Price County, WI
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