What does "price" mean?
Price: We can afford no more at such a price. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.Value; estimation; excellence; worth. Her price is far above rubies. Prov. xxxi.
- 3.New treasures still, of countless price. Keble.
- 4.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, or Price list, a statement or list of the prevailing prices of merchandise, stocks, specie, bills of exchange, etc., published statedly or occasionally.
- 5.To pay the price of. [Obs.] With thine own blood to price his blood. Spenser.
- 6.To set a price on; to value. See Prize.
- 7.To ask the price of; as, to price eggs. [Colloq.]
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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