price

== English == === Alternative forms === prize (obsolete) [16th–19th c.] === Etymology === From Middle English price (“price, prize, value, excellence”), borrowed from Old French pris, preis, from Latin pretium (“worth, price, money spent, wages, reward”); compare praise, precious, appraise, appreciate, depreciate, etc. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɹaɪ̯s/ (Canada, Canadian raising) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɐɪ̯s/, /ˈpɹɜɪ̯s/, /ˈpɹʌɪ̯s/, /ˈpɹəɪ̯s/ (Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɑ̟ɪ̯s/, /ˈpɹɒ̈ɪ̯s/ (Inland Southern US, General South African, /aɪ̯/-ungliding) IPA(key): /ˈpɹaːs/ Rhymes: -aɪs Hyphenation: price === Noun === price (plural prices) The cost required to gain possession of something. The cost of an action or deed. Value; estimation; excellence; worth. ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Bislama: praes → Irish: praghas ==== Translations ==== === Verb === price (third-person singular simple present prices, present participle pricing, simple past and past participle priced) (transitive) To determine the monetary value of (an item); to put a price on. (transitive) To find out what something costs (transitive, obsolete) To pay the price of; to make reparation for. (transitive, obsolete) To set a price on; to value; to prize. Synonyms: esteem, evaluate, worthen; see also Thesaurus:appraise (transitive, colloquial, dated) To ask the price of. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “price”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “price”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === Cripe, recip. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic притъча (pritŭča). === Noun === price f (plural prici) (dated) disagreement, argument ==== Declension ====