noun
price
PRYS
noun
1
The amount of money needed to buy something.
"The price of the laptop dropped during the holiday sale."
"What's the price of admission to the museum?"
2
A cost or sacrifice involved in achieving or obtaining something, not necessarily monetary.
"Fame came at the price of his privacy."
verb
1
To set or determine the cost of something.
"The store priced the jacket too high and it never sold."
How to Use Price
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishWhat you pay to get something, or more broadly, what something costs you.
Common pairings
at any price
price tag
pay the price
Word Forms
priced past tense, prices plural, prices singular
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Etymology
From Old French pris, preis, from Latin pretium ("worth, value, reward"); related to "precious" and "appreciate."