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- [prahys]
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- /praɪs/
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- [prahys]
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Definitions of price word
- noun price Bruce, 1845–1903, U.S. architect. 1
- noun price (Edward) Reynolds, 1933–2011, U.S. novelist. 1
- noun price (Mary) Leontyne [lee-uh n-teen] /ˈli ənˌtin/ (Show IPA), born 1927, U.S. soprano. 1
- noun price a male given name. 1
- verb with object price to fix the price of. 1
- verb with object price to ask or determine the price of: We spent the day pricing furniture at various stores. 1
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Origin of price
First appearance:
before 1175 One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; (noun) Middle English pris(e) < Old French < Latin pretium price, value, worth (cf. precious); (v.) late Middle English prisen < Middle French prisier, derivative of pris, Old French as above; see prize2, praise
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Parts of speech for Price
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
price popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
price usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for price
noun price
- ante — the gaming stake put up before the deal in poker by the players
- arm and a leg — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- asking price — The asking price of something is the price which the person selling it says that they want for it, although they may accept less.
- bid price — The bid price of a particular stock or share is the price that investors are willing to pay for it.
- bottom dollar — The last of one's money; all of one's money.
verb price
- appraise — If you appraise something or someone, you consider them carefully and form an opinion about them.
- button down — (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
- figure out — a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.
- fixed price — a price established by a seller, by agreement or by authority, as the price to be charged invariably.
- guesstimate — to estimate without substantial basis in facts or statistics.
Top questions with price
- what is the price of gold?