pricing

Price  (prs), (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.

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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.

Thesaurus

Noun

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pricing - the evaluation of something in terms of its price rating, 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