PRICE

price. Price, n. a rate, worth, value, estimation, reward

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Price (?), n. [[OE. pris, OF. pris, F. prix, L. pretium; cf. Gr. � I sell � to buy, Skr. pa� to buy, OI. renim I sell. Cf. Appreciate, Depreciate, Interpret, Praise, n. & v., Precious, Prize.]] 1. 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. “Buy wine and milk without money and without price.” Isa. lv. 1.
We can afford no more at such a price. Shak. 2. 2. Value; estimation; excellence; worth.
Her price is far above rubies. Prov. xxxi. 10. New treasures still, of countless price. Keble. 3. 3. 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.