Price , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Priced (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. Pricing.]
1.
To pay the price of. [Obs.]
With thine own blood to
price his blood.
Spenser.
2. To set
a price on;
to value. See Prize.
3. To ask
the price of; as, to price eggs. [Colloq.]
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. 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. Value; estimation; excellence; worth.
Her price is far above
rubies.
Prov. xxxi. 10. New treasures still, of countless price.
Keble.
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.
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