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   price

   /prʌɪs/

   noun

   • 1. the amount of money expected, required, or given in payment for something: "land could be sold for a high price" Similar costasking priceselling pricechargefeetermspaymentratefarelevytollamountsumtotalfigureworth(monetary) valueoutlayexpenseexpensesexpenditurebillvaluationquotationestimateinformal:damage
   • ▪ the odds in betting.
   • ▪ value; worth: archaic "the parable of the pearl of great price"
   • 2. an unwelcome experience or action undergone or done as a condition of achieving an objective: "the price of their success was an entire day spent in discussion" Similar consequenceresultcosttollpenaltysacrificeforfeitforfeituredownsidesnagdrawbackdisadvantageminustrialtormentbanetribulationafflictionsufferingburdentroubleworrydeprivationundesirable consequencedisbenefitOpposite rewardadvantage

   verb

   • 1. decide the amount required as payment for (something offered for sale): "the watches are priced at £55"
   • ▪ attach price labels or tickets to (an item for sale).
   • 2. discover or establish the price of (something for sale).

   Word Origin Middle English: the noun from Old French pris, from Latin pretium ‘value, reward’; the verb, a variant (by assimilation to the noun) of earlier prise ‘estimate the value of’ (see prize1). Compare with praise.

   Derivatives

   • 1. pricer noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

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