price /prīs/ (also Spenser prise /prīs or prīz/)

1. The amount, usu in money, for which a thing is sold or offered
2. That which one forgoes or suffers for the sake of or in gaining something
3. Money offered for the capture or killing of anybody
4. (the size of) the sum, etc, by which one can be bribed
5. Betting odds
6. Preciousness, worth, value (archaic)
7. (also prize) valuation (Spenser, Shakespeare)

1. To fix, state, or mark the price of
2. To ascertain the price of (informal)
3. To pay the price of (Spenser)
4. To prize, value (Shakespeare)

priced adjective

1. Having a price assigned
2. Valued at such-and-such a price

priceˈless adjective

1. Beyond price
2. Invaluable
3. Supremely and delectably absurd

priceˈlessly adverb

priceˈlessness noun

priˈcer noun

priˈcey or priˈcy adjective (priˈcier; priˈciest) (informal)

Expensive

priˈciness noun

Price Code noun

A set of regulations used by the British government between 1973 and 1979 to control prices, as a measure against inflation

Price Commission noun

A body set up by the British government in 1973 (abolished in 1979) to control prices, as a measure against inflation

price control noun

The fixing by a government of maximum, or sometimes minimum, prices chargeable for goods or services

price current noun

1. (often in pl, prices current) a list of prevailing prices at any time
2. A list of prices paid for any class of goods, etc

priceˈ-cutting noun

Lowering of prices to secure custom

price discrimination noun

The practice of selling the same product at different prices in different markets

price-earnings ratio noun

The ratio of the market price of a common stock share to its earnings

priceˈ-fixing noun

The establishing of the price of a commodity, etc by agreement between suppliers or by government price control, rather than by the operation of a free market

price index noun

An index number which relates current prices to those of a base period or base date, the latter usu being assigned the value of 100

price leadership noun

The establishment of the price of a commodity by the market leader

price level noun

The average of many prices of commodities

price list noun

A list of prices of goods offered for sale

price ring noun

A group of manufacturers who co-operate for the purpose of raising or maintaining the price of a commodity above the level that would be established by a free market, a cartel

price support noun

The maintenance by a government of price levels through subsidy, etc

price tag noun

1. A tag or label showing price
2. The cost of something, typically a project or undertaking

price war noun

A form of commercial competition in which firms competing in the same market successively lower their prices in order to secure a larger share of that market

above or beyond price

So valuable that no price can or would be enough

at any price

No matter what the cost may be

at a price

At a somewhat high price

in great price (archaic)

In high estimation

of price (archaic)

Of great value

price of money

The rate of discount in lending or borrowing capital

price oneself out of the market

To charge more than customers or clients are willing to pay

price on someone's head

A reward for someone's capture or slaughter

what price…?

1. What about (this or that) now?, what are the chances of (this or that) happening now?, so much for (this or that)
2. What do you think of?

without price

1. Beyond price, priceless
2. Without anything to pay

prise¹ or prize /prīz/

1. To force (esp up, out or open) with a lever
2. To draw (eg information) laboriously (out of someone)

(a tool giving) purchase or leverage

prize¹ (Spenser, Shakespeare prise) /prīz/

1. A reward or symbol of success offered or won in competition by contest or chance, or granted in recognition of excellence
2. Anything well worth striving for
3. A highly valued acquisition
4. Privilege or advantage (Shakespeare)
5. Esteem (Spenser)
6. Valuation, appraisal (Shakespeare)

1. Awarded, worthy of, or constituting a prize
2. Treasured
3. (ironically) perfect, great (as in a prize fool)

1. To value
2. To value highly
3. To set a price on (obsolete)
4. (Spenser pryse) to pay for

priˈzable adjective

Valuable

prized adjective

1. Valued highly
2. Treasured

priˈzer noun (rare)

An appraiser

prize list noun

A list of winners

prizeˈman or prizeˈwoman noun

A winner of a prize, esp an academic prize

prizeˈ-winner noun

prizeˈ-winning adjective

prize² (Spenser, Shakespeare prise) /prīz/

1. That which is taken by force, or in war, esp a ship
2. Seizure (obsolete)

To make a prize of

prize court noun

A court for judging regarding prizes made on the high seas

prize crew noun

A crew put aboard a prize to bring her to port

prize money noun

Share of the money or proceeds from any prizes taken from an enemy

prize⁴ (Spenser prise) /prīz/

1. An athletic contest (obsolete)
2. A match (old)

priˈzer noun

A contestant in a prize or match

prizeˈfight noun

A public boxing match fought for money, esp in the 18c and 19c

prizeˈfighter noun

1. Orig someone who fights in a prize
2. A professional boxer

prizeˈfighting noun

prize ring noun

1. A ring for prizefighting
2. The practice itself

play one's (or a) prize

1. To engage in a match
2. To sustain one's part

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