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单词 prizing
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prizingn.

Brit. /ˈprʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpraɪzɪŋ/
Forms: see prize v.1 and -ing suffix1; also 1600s prizeing; Scottish pre-1700 pryseing, pre-1700 pryzeing, 1700s prizeing.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prize v.1, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < prize v.1 + -ing suffix1. Compare praising n. 3.
1. The action of fixing or estimating the price or value of something; valuation. Obsolete.
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society > trade and finance > monetary value > [noun] > fixing or stabilizing value
prizing1440
praisingc1475
valuation1529
valorization1907
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 414 Prysynge, li[ci]tatio.
1499 in J. Stuart & G. Burnett Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1888) XI. 436 The prising of the said landis.
1517 in J. Imrie et al. Burgh Court Bk. Selkirk (1960) 43 The said Jhone [is] to preff the prisyng of the said hors and meill the said daye.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Prisynge or settynge pryce, licitatio.
1589 R. Hakluyt (Lawyer) in Orig. Writings & Corr. two R. Hakluyts (1935) ii. 382 These oxen after the first prising grewe to be of less value..by reason of the long jorneye, and by the overdriving, and by the underfeeding and misdieting of the cattel by the wey.
1616 Corshill Baron-Court Bk. in Archæol. & Hist. Coll. Ayr & Wigton (1884) IV. 72 Birlaymen in..pryseing of any thing poyndit within the lairdshipe.
1678–9 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 6 The latter end of this month came out his majesties proclamation for prizeing of wines. [The proclamation has ‘to set the Prices of all kinds of Wines’.]
1762 in J. M. Beatts Municipal Hist. Dundee (1873) 122 That the Glover trade shall have the prizeing of the lamb skins and the ordinary prizeing penny.
2. The action or fact of esteeming or valuing something highly; high estimation.
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a1628 J. Preston Golden Scepter (1638) 73 What is the reason men obey their lusts, but because they prize pleasures, have an high esteeme of honours, &c. and the same effect will the prizing of Christ have in thee.
1632 T. Hooker Soules Prepar. for Christ 162 After much anguish and many resolutions and the prizing of Christ..they have come to be as crosse to God and all goodnesse, and as full of hatred to Gods children as ever.
1659 S. Cradock Knowl. & Pract. xviii. 530 There you shall not find for the most part any great prizing of Christ.
1830 J. Clare Let. 9 May (1985) 508 An old fashioned guinea is more worth the prizing Then a new minted penny.
1865 Catholic World Oct. 49/1 The likeness of your Saviour which died for you should not need any other excuse for the prizing of it than what arises from its being what it is, his own dear image.
1907 Daily Chron. 9 Oct. 6/4 It was a fit prize for a feat that stood above all prizing.
1956 Times 26 Mar. 3/3 The quality by which the cinema sets most store, and which, perhaps, is the chief source of its popularity—the prizing of woman's love beyond all else.
1989 Boston Globe (Nexis) 14 Dec. 19 The plethora of babies born to teen-agers, the scarcity of babies to adopt and the careful planning and prizing of babies in many homes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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