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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

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.

Idiom:

price out of the market

To eliminate the demand for (goods or services) by setting prices too high.

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[Middle English pris, from Old French, from Latin pretium; see per-⁵ in Indo-European roots.]

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pricea·ble adj.

pricer n.

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price

Noun

1. the amount of money for which a thing is bought or sold

2. the cost at which something is obtained: the price of making the wrong decision

3. at any price whatever the price or cost

4. at a price at a high price

5. Gambling odds

6. what price (something)? what are the chances of (something) happening now?

Verb

[pricing, priced]

1. to fix the price of

2. to discover the price of [Latin pretium]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	price - 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" monetary value, cost value - the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable; "the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world" average cost - total cost for all units bought (or produced) divided by the number of units differential cost, incremental cost, marginal cost - the increase or decrease in costs as a result of one more or one less unit of output expensiveness - the quality of being high-priced assessment - the market value set on assets inexpensiveness - the quality of being affordable
	2.	price - 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?" terms, damage cost - the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor asking price, selling price - the price at which something is offered for sale bid price - (stock market) the price at which a broker is willing to buy a certain security closing price - (stock market) the price of the last transaction completed during a day's trading session factory price - price charged for goods picked up at the factory highway robbery - an exorbitant price; "what they are asking for gas these days is highway robbery" purchase price - the price at which something is actually purchased cash price, spot price - the current delivery price of a commodity traded in the spot market support level - (stock market) the price at which a certain security becomes attractive to investors valuation - assessed price; "the valuation of this property is much too high"
	3.	price - 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?" toll, cost value - the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable; "the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world" death toll - the number of deaths resulting from some particular cause such as an accident or a battle or a natural disaster
	4.	price - the high value or worth of something; "her price is far above rubies" worth - the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful
	5.	price - a monetary reward for helping to catch a criminal; "the cattle thief has a price on his head" reward - the offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property
	6.	price - cost of bribing someone; "they say that every politician has a price" cost - the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
	7.	Price - United States operatic soprano (born 1927) Leontyne Price, Mary Leontyne Price
Verb	1.	price - determine the price of; "The grocer priced his wares high" set, determine - fix conclusively or authoritatively; "set the rules" mark up - increase the price of rig, manipulate - manipulate in a fraudulent manner; "rig prices" overprice - price excessively high underquote - offer for sale at a price lower than the market price
	2.	price - ascertain or learn the price of; "Have you priced personal computers lately?" ascertain - learn or discover with certainty

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price

noun 1. cost, value, rate, charge, bill, figure, worth, damage (informal) amount, estimate, fee, payment, expense, assessment, expenditure, valuation, face value, outlay, asking price

noun 2. consequences, penalty, cost, result, sacrifice, toll, forfeit

noun 3. reward, bounty, compensation, premium, recompense

verb 4. evaluate, value, estimate, rate, cost, assess, put a price on at any price whatever the cost, regardless, no matter what the cost, anyhow, cost what it may, expense no object

Translations

price [praɪs] n → precio;

(BETTING) (= odds); puntos mpl de ventaja

vt [+ goods] → fijar el precio de;

to go up or rise in price → subir de precio;

what is the price of ...? → ¿qué precio tiene ...?;

to put a price on sth → poner precio a algo;

what price his promises now? → ¿para qué sirven ahora sus promesas?;

he regained his freedom, but at a price → recobró su libertad, pero le había costado caro;

to be priced out of the market [article] → no encontrar comprador por ese precio; [nation] → no ser competitivo

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price [praɪs] n → prix m;

(Betting) (= odds); cote f

vt [+ goods] → fixer le prix de; tarifer;

what is the price of ...? → combien coûte ...?, quel est le prix de ...?;

to go up or rise in price → augmenter;

to put a price on sth → chiffrer qch;

to be priced out of the market [article] → être trop cher pour soutenir la concurrence; [producer, nation] → ne pas pouvoir soutenir la concurrence;

what price his promises now? (Brit) → que valent maintenant toutes ses promesses?;

he regained his freedom, but at a price → il a retrouvé sa liberté, mais cela lui a coûté cher

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price [praɪs] n (also fig) → Preis m

vt [+ goods] → auszeichnen;

what is the price of ...? → was kostet ...?;

to go up or rise in price → im Preis steigen, teurer werden;

to put a price on sth (also fig) → einen Preis für etw festsetzen;

what price his promises now? → wie steht es jetzt mit seinen Versprechungen?;

he regained his freedom, but at a price → er hat seine Freiheit wieder, aber zu welchem Preis!;

to be priced at £30 → £30 kosten;

to price o.s. out of the market → durch zu hohe Preise konkurrenzunfähig werden

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price [praɪs] n → prezzo;

(BETTING) (= odds); quotazione f

vt [+ goods] → fissare il prezzo di; valutare;

what is the price of ...? → quanto costa ...?;

to go up or rise in price → salire or aumentare di prezzo;

to put a price on sth → valutare or stimare qc;

he regained his freedom, but at a price → ha riconquistato la sua libertà, ma a caro prezzo;

what price his promises now? (BRIT) → a che valgono ora le sue promesse?;

to be priced out of the market [article] → essere così caro da diventare invendibile; [producer, nation] → non poter sostenere la concorrenza