1.  price(n = noun.attribute) cost, monetary value - the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold); "the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver"; "he puts a high price on his services"; "he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection"
is a kind of value
has particulars: average cost, differential cost, incremental cost, marginal cost, expensiveness, assessment, inexpensiveness

2.  price(n = noun.possession) damage, terms - the amount of money needed to purchase something; "the price of gasoline"; "he got his new car on excellent terms"; "how much is the damage?"
is a kind of cost
has particulars: asking price, selling price, bid price, closing price, factory price, highway robbery, purchase price, cash price, spot price, support level, valuation
Derived forms verb price₂, verb price₁, adjective pricey₁, adjective pricy₁

3.  price(n = noun.attribute) cost, toll - value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something; "the cost in human life was enormous"; "the price of success is hard work"; "what price glory?"
is a kind of value
has particulars: death toll

4.  price(n = noun.attribute) Array - the high value or worth of something; "her price is far above rubies"
is a kind of worth
Derived forms adjective pricey₁, adjective pricy₁

5.  price(n = noun.communication) Array - a monetary reward for helping to catch a criminal; "the cattle thief has a price on his head"
is a kind of reward

6.  price(n = noun.possession) Array - cost of bribing someone; "they say that every politician has a price"
is a kind of cost

7.  price(n = noun.person) leontyne price, mary leontyne price - United States operatic soprano (born 1927); Array
is a kind of soprano

1.  price(v = verb.possession) Array - determine the price of; "The grocer priced his wares high"
is one way to determine, set
Derived forms noun price₂, noun pricing₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

2.  price(v = verb.cognition) Array - ascertain or learn the price of; "Have you priced personal computers lately?"
is one way to ascertain
Derived forms noun price₂, noun pricing₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

1.  The sum or amount of money at which a thing is valued, or the value which a seller sets on his goods in market; that for which something is bought or sold, or offered for sale; equivalent in money or other means of exchange; current value or rate paid or demanded in market or in barter; cost. Isa. lv. 1. [1913 Webster]
"We can afford no more at such a price." [1913 Webster]

2.  Value; estimation; excellence; worth. [1913 Webster]
"Her price is far above rubies." [1913 Webster]
"New treasures still, of countless price." [1913 Webster]

3.  Reward; recompense; as, the price of industry. [1913 Webster]
"'T is the price of toil,
The knave deserves it when he tills the soil." [1913 Webster]

1.  To pay the price of. [1913 Webster]
"With thine own blood to price his blood." [1913 Webster]

2.  To set a price on; to value. See Prize. [1913 Webster]

3.  To ask the price of; as, to price eggs. [1913 Webster]

price, n. & v.
--n.
1 a the amount of money or goods for which a thing is bought or sold. b value or worth (a pearl of great price; beyond price).
2 what is or must be given, done, sacrificed, etc., to obtain or achieve something.
3 the odds in betting (starting price).
--v.tr.
1 fix or find the price of (a thing for sale).
2 estimate the value of.

Idiom:
above (or beyond or without) price so valuable that no price can be stated. at any price no matter what the cost, sacrifice, etc. (peace at any price). at a price at a high cost. price-fixing the maintaining of prices at a certain level by agreement between competing sellers. price-list a list of current prices of items on sale. price on a person's head a reward for a person's capture or death. price oneself out of the market lose to one's competitors by charging more than customers are willing to pay. price-ring a group of traders acting illegally to control certain prices. price tag
1 the label on an item showing its price.
2 the cost of an enterprise or undertaking. price war fierce competition among traders cutting prices. set a price on declare the price of. what price ...? (often foll.
by verbal noun) colloq.
1 what is the chance of ...? (what price your finishing the course?).
2 iron. the expected or much boasted ... proves disappointing (what price your friendship now?).

Derivative:
priced adj. (also in comb.). pricer n.

Etymology:
(n.) ME f. OF pris f. L pretium: (v.) var. of prise = PRIZE(1)

N  goodness, excellence, merit, virtue, value, worth, price, super-excellence, supereminence, superiority, perfection, coup de maitre, masterpiece, chef d'ouvre, prime, flower, cream, elite, pick, A, nonesuch, nonpareil, creme de la creme, flower of the flock, cock of the roost, salt of the earth, champion, prodigy, tidbit, gem, gem of the first water, bijou, precious stone, jewel, pearl, diamond, ruby, brilliant, treasure, good thing, rara avis, one in a thousand, beneficence, good man, harmless, hurtless, unobnoxious, innocuous, innocent, inoffensive, beneficial, valuable, of value, serviceable, advantageous, edifying, profitable, salutary, favorable, propitious fair, good, good as gold, excellent, better, superior, above par, nice, fine, genuine, best, choice, select, picked, elect, recherche, rare, priceless, unparagoned, unparalleled, superlatively, good, bully, crackajack, giltedged, superfine, superexcellent, of the first water, first-rate, first-class, high- wrought, exquisite, very best, crack, prime, tiptop, capital, cardinal, standard, inimitable, admirable, estimable, praiseworthy, pleasing, couleur de rose, precious, of great price, costly, worth its weight in gold, worth a Jew's eye, priceless, invaluable, inestimable, precious as the apple of the eye, tolerable, up to the mark, unexceptionable, unobjectionable, satisfactory, tidy, in good condition, in fair condition, fresh, sound, beneficially, well, Jewels five words long, long may such goodness live!, the luxury of doing good.

N  substitution, commutation, supplanting, metaphor, metonymy, substitute, ersatz, makeshift, temporary expedient, replacement, succedaneum, shift, pis aller, stopgap, jury rigging, jury mast, locum tenens, warming pan, dummy, scapegoat, double, changeling, quid pro quo, alternative, representative, palimpsest, price, purchase money, consideration, equivalent, substituted, ersatz, phony, vicarious, subdititious, instead, in place of, in lieu of, in the stead of, in the room of, faute de mieux.

N  price, amount, cost, expense, prime cost, charge, figure, demand, damage, fare, hire, wages, value, dues, duty, toll, tax, impost, cess, sess, tallage, levy, abkari, capitation tax, poll tax, doomage, likin, gabel, gabelle, gavel, octroi, custom, excise, assessment, benevolence, tithe, tenths, exactment, ransom, salvage, tariff, brokerage, wharfage, freightage, bill, shot, priced, to the tune of, ad valorem, dutiable, mercenary, venal, no penny no paternoster, point d'argent point de Suisse, no longer pipe no longer dance, no song no supper, if you dance you have to pay the piper, you get what you pay for, there's no such thing as a free lunch, one may have it for, a bon marche.

VB  bear a price, set a price, fix a price, appraise, assess, doom, price, charge, demand, ask, require, exact, run up, distrain, run up a bill, have one's price, liquidate, amount to, come to, mount up to, stand one in, fetch, sell for, cost, bring in, yield, afford.

N  reward, recompense, remuneration, meed, guerdon, reguerdon, price, indemnity, indemnification, quittance, compensation, reparation, redress, satisfaction, reckoning, acknowledgment, requital, amends, sop, atonement, retribution, consideration, return, quid pro quo, salvage, perquisite, vail, douceur, bribe, hush money, smart money, blackmail, extortion, carcelage, solatium, allowance, salary, stipend, wages, compensation, pay, payment, emolument, tribute, batta, shot, scot, bonus, premium, tip, fee, honorarium, hire, dasturi, dustoori, mileage, crown, remunerative, remuneratory, munerary, compensatory, retributive, reparatory, rewarding, satisfactory, fideli certa merces, honor virtutis praemium, tibi seris tibi metis.

admission price, asking price, at a low price, base price, bid price, bride price, cash price, closing price, consumer price index, cut price, ellen price wood, emily price post, factory price, fire-sale price, for a bargain price, for any price, issue price, leontyne price, list price, low price, market price, mary leontyne price, offer price, price bracket, price competition, price control, price cut, price cutting, price floor, price freeze, price gouging, price increase, price index, price level, price list, price of admission, price reduction, price support, price tag, price war, producer price index, purchase price, retail price index, selling price, spot price, upset price, wholesale price index