| 单词 | to set a price upon one's head |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto set a price upon one's head a. To fix (a certain price) upon a thing; now chiefly in to set a price upon one's head and the like; otherwise expressed by put. (Cf. sense 89.) ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > pricing > attach a price to [verb (transitive)] > set or fix price (of) > set or fix price on set1530 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 715/2 And you set nat a price upon your marchaundyse, howe can it be bought? 1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 492 Setting great ransom upon their Fisher-men. 1667 A. Marvell Let. 5 Jan. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 50 A Bill has bin read for setting the prices of wine as well upon the Merchant as Retaylor. 1687 Bp. G. Burnet Contin. Refl. Mr. Varillas's Hist. Heresies 35 There is not a word of any sum set on his Head. 1720 J. Ozell et al. tr. R. A. de Vertot Hist. Revol. Rom. Republic II. xi. 184 Sylla set a Price upon the Heads of all that were proscribed. 1765 T. Hutchinson Hist. Colony Massachusets-Bay, 1628–91 (ed. 2) ii. 305 He knew the premium set upon his head. 1861 Temple Bar 1 521 A price was set upon the head of the Prince. 1880 D. C. Davies Treat. Metallif. Minerals & Mining 420 s.v. To set a price upon a share in a mine. < as lemmas |
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