Meanings
price1
nounprice (plural prices)
plural prices · alternative obsolete prize
- The cost required to gain possession of something.
We can afford no more at such a price.
c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]1 more example
My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.
1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter III, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC - The cost of an action or deed.
I paid a high price for my folly.
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It is difficult otherwise to explain the contradictions of [Chamberlain’s] policy, his failure to grasp any of the courses that were open to him. Like the mass of the people, he did not want to pay the price either of peace or of war.
1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn - Value; estimation; excellence; worth.
Her price is far above rubies.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs xxxi:101 more example
new treasures still, of countless price
1827, [John Keble], The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holydays throughout the Year, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] [B]y W. Baxter, for J. Parker; and C[harles] and J[ohn] Rivington, […], →OCLC
verbprice (third-person singular simple present prices, present participle pricing, simple past and past participle priced)
present singular third person prices · participle present pricing · participle past priced · past priced · alternative obsolete prize
- obsoletetransitiveTo pay the price of; to make reparation for.
Thou damned wight, / The author of this fact, we here behold, / What iustice can but iudge against thee right, / With thine owne bloud to price his bloud, here shed in sight.
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC - colloquialdatedtransitiveTo ask the price of.
to price eggs
Price2
proper nounPrice (countable and uncountable, plural Prices)
plural Prices
- A placename:
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Queen Anne's County, Maryland.
- countableuncountableA township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Rusk County, Texas.
- countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Carbon County, Utah.
- countableuncountableA river in Utah, United States.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia.
- countableuncountableA town in Langlade County, Wisconsin.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Garfield, Jackson County, Wisconsin.
- countableuncountableA village municipality in La Mitis regional county municipality, Bas-Saint-Laurent region, Quebec, Canada.
- countableuncountableA town in Yorke Peninsula council area, South Australia.
- abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of Price County.
PRICE3
nounPRICE (uncountable)
- abbreviationacronymuncountablemedicineAcronym of protect, rest, ice, compression, and elevation (“a common treatment method for sprained joints”).
Even though PRICE can help you get on the road to recovery, it only represents the first step.
2023 February 15, Dr. Ann Lauren Marra, “Why the Acronym PRICE is Important to Know Before an Injury Occurs”, in Accurate Chiropractic Clinic
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo set a price on; to value; to prize.
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More synonyms by meaning
nounthe property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
Similar
monetary valuecost
Broader
nounvalue measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something
Broader
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinpretium“worth, price, money spent, wages, reward”
- Old Frenchpris
- Middle Englishprice“price, prize, value, excellence”
- Englishprice
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.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans prys
- pryscost required to gain possession of something
Ancient Greek ὦνος
- ὦνος (ônos)cost required to gain possession of something
Arabic ثَمَن, سِعْر
- ثَمَن (ṯaman)cost required to gain possession of something
- سِعْر (siʕr)cost required to gain possession of something
- ثَمَن (ṯaman)cost of an action or deed
Basque prezio
- preziocost required to gain possession of something
Bengali দাম, মূল্য
- দাম (dam)cost required to gain possession of something
- মূল্য (mullô)cost required to gain possession of something
Bulgarian цена́, ценност
- цена́ (cená)cost required to gain possession of something
- ценност (cennost)cost of an action or deed
- стойност (stojnost)value
- оценявам (ocenjavam)determine or put a price on something
Catalan preu, preu
- preucost required to gain possession of something
- preucost of an action or deed
Chinese Cantonese 價錢 /价钱, 價格 /价格
- 價錢 /价钱 (gaa³ cin⁴)cost required to gain possession of something
- 價格 /价格 (gaa³ gaak³)cost required to gain possession of something
Chinese Mandarin 價格 /价格, 價錢 /价钱
- 價格 /价格 (jiàgé)cost required to gain possession of something
- 價錢 /价钱 (jiàqian)cost required to gain possession of something
- 價 /价 (jià)cost required to gain possession of something
- 千金 (qiānjīn)cost of an action or deed
Czech cena, cena
- cenacost required to gain possession of something
- cenacost of an action or deed
- ocenitdetermine or put a price on something
Danish pris, pris
- priscost required to gain possession of something
- priscost of an action or deed
- prissættedetermine or put a price on something
- vurderedetermine or put a price on something
Dutch prijs, prijs
- prijscost required to gain possession of something
- prijscost of an action or deed
- schattendetermine or put a price on something
- prijzendetermine or put a price on something
Esperanto prezo
- prezocost required to gain possession of something
Estonian hind, hind
- hindcost required to gain possession of something
- hindcost of an action or deed
- hindamadetermine or put a price on something
Finnish hinta, hinta
- hintacost required to gain possession of something
- hintacost of an action or deed
- arvovalue
- hinnoitelladetermine or put a price on something
French prix, prix
- prixcost required to gain possession of something
- prixcost of an action or deed
German Preis, Preis
- Preiscost required to gain possession of something
- Preiscost of an action or deed
- Wertvalue
Greek τιμή, τίμημα
- τιμή (timí)cost required to gain possession of something
- τίμημα (tímima)cost of an action or deed
- αντίτιμο (antítimo)cost of an action or deed
- κοστολογώ (kostologó)determine or put a price on something
Hawaiian uku
- ukucost required to gain possession of something
Hebrew מְחִיר, מְחִיר
- מְחִיר (m'khir)cost required to gain possession of something
- מְחִיר (m'khir)cost of an action or deed
Hindi मूल्य, दाम
- मूल्य (mūlya)cost required to gain possession of something
- दाम (dām)cost required to gain possession of something
- क़ीमत (qīmat)cost required to gain possession of something
- भाव (bhāv)cost required to gain possession of something
- शुल्क (śulk)cost of an action or deed
- वेतन (vetan)cost of an action or deed
- मूल्य (mūlya)value
Hungarian ár, ár
- árcost required to gain possession of something
- árcost of an action or deed
Icelandic verð
- verðcost required to gain possession of something
Indonesian harga, harga
- hargacost required to gain possession of something
- hargacost of an action or deed
Irish praghas, costas
- praghascost required to gain possession of something
- costascost required to gain possession of something
- luachcost required to gain possession of something
Italian prezzo, prezzo
- prezzocost required to gain possession of something
- prezzocost of an action or deed
- stimaredetermine or put a price on something
- valutaredetermine or put a price on something
Japanese 価格, 値段
- 価格 (kakaku)cost required to gain possession of something
- 値段 (nedan)cost required to gain possession of something
- 費用 (hiyō)cost of an action or deed
- 手間賃 (temachin)cost of an action or deed
- 報酬 (hōshū)cost of an action or deed
Korean 값, 가격
- 값 (gap)cost required to gain possession of something
- 가격 (gagyeok)cost required to gain possession of something
- 품삯 (pumsak)cost of an action or deed
- 노임 (noim)cost of an action or deed
Latin pretium, aestimō
- pretiumcost required to gain possession of something
- aestimōdetermine or put a price on something
- taxōdetermine or put a price on something
Latvian cena
- cenacost required to gain possession of something
Lithuanian kaina, kaina
- kainacost required to gain possession of something
- kainacost of an action or deed
- įkainotidetermine or put a price on something
Malay rega (Northern Peninsular, Sarawak)
- rega (Northern Peninsular, Sarawak)cost required to gain possession of something
Māori utu
- utucost required to gain possession of something
Norwegian pris
- priscost of an action or deed
Norwegian Bokmål pris
- priscost required to gain possession of something
Polish cena, cena
- cenacost required to gain possession of something
- cenacost of an action or deed
- wycenićdetermine or put a price on something
Portuguese preço, preço
- preçocost required to gain possession of something
- preçocost of an action or deed
- valorvalue
- avaliardetermine or put a price on something
- orçardetermine or put a price on something
Punjabi ਕੀਮਤ, ਦਰ
- ਕੀਮਤ (kīmat)cost required to gain possession of something
- ਦਰ (dar)cost required to gain possession of something
- ਮੁੱਲ (mulla)cost required to gain possession of something
Romanian preț, preț
- prețcost required to gain possession of something
- prețcost of an action or deed
Russian цена́, сто́имость
- цена́ (cená)cost required to gain possession of something
- сто́имость (stóimostʹ)cost required to gain possession of something
- цена́ (cená)cost of an action or deed
- оце́нивать (océnivatʹ)determine or put a price on something
- оцени́ть (ocenítʹ)determine or put a price on something
Scottish Gaelic prìs, prìs
- prìscost required to gain possession of something
- prìscost of an action or deed
- cuir luach airdetermine or put a price on something
Slovak cena
- cenacost required to gain possession of something
Spanish precio, precio
- preciocost required to gain possession of something
- preciocost of an action or deed
- preciardetermine or put a price on something
- apreciardetermine or put a price on something
- justipreciardetermine or put a price on something
Swahili bei, bei
- beicost required to gain possession of something
- beicost of an action or deed
Swedish pris, pris
- priscost required to gain possession of something
- priscost of an action or deed
- värderadetermine or put a price on something
- prissättadetermine or put a price on something
Tagalog halaga, presyo
- halagacost required to gain possession of something
- presyocost required to gain possession of something
- presyodetermine or put a price on something
Tamil விலை
- விலை (vilai)cost required to gain possession of something
Thai ราคา, ค่า
- ราคา (raa-kaa)cost required to gain possession of something
- ค่า (kâa)cost required to gain possession of something
Turkish fiyat, paha
- fiyatcost required to gain possession of something
- pahacost required to gain possession of something
Ukrainian ціна́, кошт
- ціна́ (ciná)cost required to gain possession of something
- кошт (košt)cost required to gain possession of something
Urdu دام, قِیمَت
- دام (dām)cost required to gain possession of something
- قِیمَت (qīmat)cost required to gain possession of something
- اَرْزِش (arziś)cost required to gain possession of something
- لاگَت (lāgat)cost required to gain possession of something
Vietnamese giá, giá cả
- giácost required to gain possession of something
- giá cảcost required to gain possession of something
Welsh pris
- priscost required to gain possession of something
Yiddish פּרײַז
- פּרײַז (prayz)cost required to gain possession of something
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with price
advicenicedeviceicevicetwicenycmiceprecisespicedicesacrificesliceconcisethricesufficesplicelicewisviseenticeBricesaistrice
All rhymes →Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
price. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/price
MLA
“price.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/price. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “price,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/price.
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