price

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< Middle English price (price, prize, value, excellence) < Old French pris, preis < Latin pretium (worth, price, money spent, wages, reward), prob. akin to Greek περνάναι (to sell); cf. praise, prize, precious, appraise, apprize, appreciate, depreciate, etc.

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Singular
price

Plural
prices

price (plural prices)

  1. The cost required to gain possession of something.
  2. The cost of an action or deed.
    • I paid a high price for my folly.

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Infinitive
to price

Third person singular
prices

Simple past
priced

Past participle
priced

Present participle
pricing

to price (third-person singular simple present prices, present participle pricing, simple past and past participle priced)

  1. To determine the monetary value of an item, to put a price on it.

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