- Price list
- Price 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.
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We can afford no more at such a price. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
2. Value; estimation; excellence; worth. [1913 Webster]
Her price is far above rubies. --Prov. xxxi. 10. [1913 Webster]
New treasures still, of countless price. --Keble. [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. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
{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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
