Price (pr s), (Mary) Leontyne Born 1927. American operatic soprano who performed with the New York Metropolitan Opera (1961-1985), earning greatest praise for her roles in Verdi's operas. |
| price (prs) n. 1. The amount as of money or goods, asked for or given in exchange for something else. 2. The cost at which something is obtained: believes that the price of success is hard work. 3. The cost of bribing someone: maintained that every person has a price. 4. A reward offered for the capture or killing of a person: a felon with a price on his head. 5. Archaic Value or worth. tr.v. priced, pric·ing, pric·es Idiom: 1. To fix or establish a price for: shoes that are priced at sixty dollars. 2. To find out the price of: spent the day pricing dresses. price out of the market To eliminate the demand for (goods or services) by setting prices too high. [Middle English pris, from Old French, from Latin pretium; see per-5 in Indo-European roots.] price  a·ble adj.pric er n. |
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| Noun | 1. |  pricing - the evaluation of something in terms of its pricerating, valuation, evaluation - an appraisal of the value of something; "he set a high valuation on friendship" price gouging - pricing above the market price when no alternative retailer is available |
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