Price (?), n. [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, 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, ∨ Price list, a statement or list of the prevailing prices of merchandise, stocks, specie, bills of exchange, etc., published statedly or occasionally.
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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.]
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