price

See also: Price, PRICE, priče, and příce

English

Alternative forms

• prize (obsolete) [16th–19th c.]

Etymology

From Middle English price (“price, prize, value, excellence”), borrowed from Old French pris, preis, from Latin pretium (“worth, price, money spent, wages, reward”); compare praise, precious, appraise, appreciate, depreciate, etc.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪs
• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: prīs, IPA^(key): /pɹaɪs/

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• (Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): /pɹɑjs/

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• (Canadian raising) IPA^(key): /pɹʌɪs/

Noun

price (plural prices)

1. The cost required to gain possession of something.
   • c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:

     We can afford no more at such a price.

   • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter III, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

     My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.

2. The cost of an action or deed.

   I paid a high price for my folly.

3. Value; estimation; excellence; worth.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs xxxi:10:

     Her price is far above rubies.

   • 1827, [John Keble], The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holydays throughout the Year, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] [B]y W. Baxter, for J. Parker; and C[harles] and J[ohn] Rivington, […], →OCLC:

     new treasures still, of countless price

Quotations

• 1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn‎^[1]:

  It is difficult otherwise to explain the contradictions of [Chamberlain’s] policy, his failure to grasp any of the courses that were open to him. Like the mass of the people, he did not want to pay the price either of peace or of war.

Hyponyms

• cover price
• list price
• pool price
• prime price
• purchase price
• reserve price
• selling price
• shadow price
• spot price
• starting price
• strike price
• upset price

 

Derived terms

Terms derived from price (noun) - some may also be hyponyms

• arm's length price
• asking price
• at a price
• bidding price
• bid price
• book price
• bride-price
• bride price
• cheap at half the price
• cheap at the price
• choke price
• clean price
• consumer price index
• cost price
• cross-price elasticity of demand
• cut-price
• equilibrium price
• every man has a price
• every man has his price
• exercise price
• fixed-price
• fixed price
• full price
• giveaway price
• half-price
• hammer price
• law of one price
• long price
• low exercise price option
• market price
• natural price
• non-price competition
• non-price, nonprice
• open price
• pay the price
• pay the ultimate price
• pearl of great price
• perfect price discrimination
• political price fixing
• posted price
• price ceiling
• price-conscious
• price control
• price-current
• price current
• price cut
• price-cutting
• price discriminate
• price discrimination
• price-earnings ratio
• price elasticity of demand
• price elasticity of supply
• price fixing
• price flexing
• price floor
• price gouge
• price gouger
• price gouging
• price gun
• price in
• price index
• price is right
• price level
• price-lining
• price list
• price maker
• price match
• price of admiralty
• price of eggs
• price of money
• price of tea in China
• price on someone's head
• price out
• price out of the market
• price point
• price range
• price scissors
• price signal
• price skimming
• price stability
• price tag
• price tagger
• price taker
• price to sell
• price up
• price war
• price-wise
• pricy
• producer price index
• quarter-up price
• redemption price
• retail price
• sale price
• sluice-gate price
• sticker price
• stock price
• two for the price of one
• two-price advertising
• unit price
• what does that have to do with the price of corn
• what does that have to do with the price of fish
• what does that have to do with the price of tea in China
• without price

 

Descendants

• → Irish: praghas

Translations

cost required to gain possession of something

• Abkhaz: ахә (axʷ)
• Afrikaans: prys (af)
• Aghwan: 𐔸𐕒𐔲 (tog)
• Aklanon: bili, haega
• Albanian: çmim (sq) m
• Amharic: ዋጋ (waga)
• Arabic: ثَمَن m (ṯaman), سِعْر m (siʕr)

  Egyptian Arabic: تمن m (tamn, taman)

• Archi: мас (mas)
• Armenian: գին (hy) (gin)
• Assamese: মূল্য (muillo)
• Asturian: preciu m
• Avar: багьа (baha), къимат (qxʼimat)
• Azerbaijani: qiymət (az)
• Bashkir: хаҡ (xaq)
• Basque: prezio
• Belarusian: цана́ f (caná), кошт m (košt)
• Bengali: দাম (bn) (dam), মূল্য (bn) (mullô)
• Bislama: praes
• Breton: priz (br)
• Bulgarian: цена́ (bg) f (cená)
• Burmese: ဈေး (my) (jhe:), ဈေးနှုန်း (my) (jhe:hnun:)
• Catalan: preu (ca) m
• Chamicuro: iso'no
• Chechen: мах (max)
• Chichewa: mtengo
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 價錢／价钱 (gaa³ cin⁴), 價格／价格 (gaa³ gaak³) (less common)

  Dungan: җячян (ži͡ači͡an), җя (ži͡a)

  Hakka: 價錢／价钱 (ka-chhièn)

  Hokkien: 價數／价数 (zh-min-nan) (kè-siàu), 價聲／价声 (kè-siaⁿ / kèe-siaⁿ), 價跤／价跤 (kè-kha)

  Mandarin: 價格／价格 (zh) (jiàgé), 價錢／价钱 (zh) (jiàqian), 價／价 (zh) (jià)

  Wu: 價鈿／价钿 (⁵ka-di)

• Chuvash: хак (hak)
• Czech: cena (cs) f
• Danish: pris (da) c
• Dutch: prijs (nl) m
• Esperanto: prezo (eo)
• Estonian: hind (et)
• Even: таман (taman)
• Evenki: таман (taman)
• Finnish: hinta (fi)
• French: prix (fr) m
• Friulian: presi m
• Galician: prezo (gl) m
• Georgian: ფასი (pasi)
• German: Preis (de) m
• Gorontalo: buli (gor)
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌹 n (andawairþi)
• Greek: τιμή (el) f (timí)

  Ancient: ὦνος m (ônos)

• Gujarati: કિંમત (kimmat)
• Haitian Creole: pri
• Hebrew: מְחִיר (he) m (m'khir)
• Hindi: मूल्य (hi) m (mūlya), दाम (hi) m (dām), क़ीमत f (qīmat), अर्ज़िश f (arziś)
• Hungarian: ár (hu)
• Icelandic: verð (is) n
• Ido: preco (io)
• Indonesian: harga (id)
• Ingrian: hinta
• Ingush: мах (max)
• Irish: praghas (ga) m, costas m, luach m
• Italian: prezzo (it) m
• Japanese: 価格 (ja) (かかく, kakaku), 値段 (ja) (ねだん, nedan)
• Jarai: nua
• Javanese: rega (jv)
• Jingpho: manu
• Kannada: ಬೆಲೆ (kn) (bele)
• Kapampangan: ulaga
• Kazakh: баға (bağa)
• Khmer: តម្លៃ (km) (tɑmlay), ថ្លៃ (km) (thlay)
• Kituba: ntalu
• Korean: 값 (ko) (gap), 가격(價格) (ko) (gagyeok)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: بەھا (beha), نرخ (nirx)

  Northern Kurdish: biha (ku), nirx (ku), qîmet (ku), fiyet (ku)

• Kyrgyz: баа (ky) (baa)
• Lao: ລາຄາ (lo) (lā khā), ຄ່າ (lo) (khā)
• Latgalian: cena f
• Latin: pretium n
• Latvian: cena f
• Lezgi: багьа (baha), къимет (q̄imet)
• Lingala: ntalo
• Lithuanian: kaina (lt) f
• Lü: ᦅᦱᧈ (kaa¹)
• Luxembourgish: Präis m
• Macedonian: цена (mk) f (cena)
• Malay: harga (ms) (Southern Peninsular, Riau, Sumatera), rega (ms) (Northern Peninsular, Sarawak)
• Malayalam: വില (ml) (vila)
• Maltese: prezz m
• Marathi: किंमत (kimmat)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: үнэ (mn) (üne)

  Mongolian: ᠦᠨ᠎ᠡ (ün-e)

• Nanai: таман (taman)
• Nepali: मुल्य (mulya)
• Ngazidja Comorian: ɓei class 9/10
• Norman: prix m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: pris (no) m

• Occitan: prètz (oc) m
• Odia: please add this translation if you can
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: цѣна f (cěna)

• Old Czech: cěna f
• Old East Slavic: цѣна f (cěna)
• Ossetian: аргъ (arǧ)
• Ottoman Turkish: قیمت (kıymet)
• Pannonian Rusyn: цена f (cena)
• Papiamentu: preis
• Pashto: بها (ps) f (bahā), بيع m (bay'), بيه (ps) f (baya), قيمت (ps) m (qimat), نرخ (ps) m (nǝrx)
• Pela: a³¹pʰau³⁵
• Persian:

  Classical Persian: قِیمَت (fa) (qīmat), بَهَا (fa) (bahā), نِرْخ (fa) (nirx), نَرْخ (fa) (narx)

  Iranian Persian: قِیْمَت (fa) (ğeymat), بَها (fa) (bahâ), نِرْخ (fa) (nerx), ^{(please verify)} اَرْژ (arž)

• Plautdietsch: Priess m
• Polish: cena (pl) f
• Portuguese: preço (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਕੀਮਤ (kīmat), ਦਰ m (dar), ਮੁੱਲ m (mulla)
• Quechua: cani
• Romagnol: prëz m
• Romanian: preț (ro) n
• Romansch: pretsch m, prezi m, predsch m
• Russian: цена́ (ru) f (cená), сто́имость (ru) f (stóimostʹ)
• Sanskrit: मूल्य (sa) n (mūlya), अर्घ (sa) m (argha)
• Sardinian: préciu, preju, prégiu, présiu, prétziu
• Scottish Gaelic: prìs f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: це́на f, ције́на f

  Roman: céna (sh) f, cijéna (sh) f

• Shan: please add this translation if you can
• Sicilian: prezzu (scn) m
• Sinhalese: මිල (si) (mila)
• Slovak: cena (sk) f
• Slovene: cena (sl) f
• Spanish: precio (es) m
• Swahili: bei (sw)
• Swedish: pris (sv) n
• Tagalog: halaga (tl), presyo
• Tajik: қимат (qimat), нарх (narx), баҳо (baho)
• Tamil: விலை (ta) (vilai)
• Tatar: бәя (tt) (bäya), хак (tt) (xaq), бәһа (tt) (bäha)
• Tausug: halga
• Telugu: ధర (te) (dhara), వెల (te) (vela)
• Tetum: folin
• Thai: ราคา (th) (raa-kaa), ค่า (th) (kâa)
• Tibetan: གོང (gong)
• Tigrinya: ዋጋ (waga)
• Tocharian B: pīto
• Turkish: fiyat (tr), paha (tr)
• Turkmen: baha (tk)
• Udi: тог (tog), той (toj)
• Udmurt: дун (dun)
• Ukrainian: ціна́ (uk) f (ciná), кошт m (košt)
• Urdu: دام m (dām), قِیمَت f (qīmat), ^{(please verify)} مُولْیَہ m (mūlya), اَرْزِش f (arziś), لاگَت f (lāgat)
• Uyghur: باھا (baha), نەرخ (nerx)
• Uzbek: narx (uz), baho (uz)
• Venetan: prèsso
• Vietnamese: giá (vi), giá cả (vi)
• White Hmong: nqi
• Yakut: сыана (sıana)
• Yiddish: פּרײַז m (prayz)
• Zazaki: çena c, vaya c, vahya c
• Zhuang: gyaqcienz, gyaq

cost of an action or deed

• Arabic: ثَمَن m (ṯaman)
• Armenian: գին (hy) (gin)
• Asturian: preciu m
• Bashkir: хаҡ (xaq)
• Bulgarian: ценност (bg) f (cennost)
• Catalan: preu (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 千金 (zh) (qiānjīn)

• Czech: cena (cs) f
• Danish: pris (da) c
• Dutch: prijs (nl) m
• Estonian: hind (et)
• Finnish: hinta (fi)
• French: prix (fr) m
• Galician: prezo (gl) m
• German: Preis (de) m
• Greek: τίμημα (el) n (tímima), αντίτιμο (el) n (antítimo)
• Hebrew: מְחִיר (he) m (m'khir)
• Hindi: शुल्क (hi) (śulk), वेतन (hi) (vetan)
• Hungarian: ár (hu)
• Indonesian: harga (id)
• Italian: prezzo (it) m
• Japanese: 費用 (ja) (ひよう, hiyō), 手間賃 (ja) (てまちん, temachin), 報酬 (ja) (ほうしゅう, hōshū)
• Korean: 품삯 (pumsak), 노임(勞賃) (ko) (noim)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: نرخ (nirx)

• Lithuanian: kaina (lt) f
• Norman: prix m
• Norwegian: pris (no)
• Polish: cena (pl) f
• Portuguese: preço (pt) m
• Romanian: preț (ro) n
• Russian: цена́ (ru) f (cená)
• Scottish Gaelic: prìs f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: це́на f, ције́на f

  Roman: céna (sh) f, cijéna (sh) f

• Slovene: cena (sl) f
• Spanish: precio (es) m
• Swahili: bei (sw)
• Swedish: pris (sv) n
• Telugu: ఫలితము (te) (phalitamu)
• Zazaki: teklif c

value

• Bulgarian: стойност (bg) f (stojnost)
• Finnish: arvo (fi)
• German: Wert (de) m
• Hindi: मूल्य (hi) (mūlya)

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Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: (1) ^{(please verify)} prezo (eo), (2) ^{(please verify)} premio (eo)
• Ido: ^{(please verify)} preco (io)
• Latin: (1) ^{(please verify)} pretium n, ^{(please verify)} premium n (2)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} preț (ro) n
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} fiyat (tr)

Verb

price (third-person singular simple present prices, present participle pricing, simple past and past participle priced)

1. (transitive) To determine the monetary value of (an item); to put a price on.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To pay the price of; to make reparation for.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     Thou damned wight, / The author of this fact, we here behold, / What iustice can but iudge against thee right, / With thine owne bloud to price his bloud, here shed in sight.

3. (transitive, obsolete) To set a price on; to value; to prize.
4. (transitive, colloquial, dated) To ask the price of.

   to price eggs

Derived terms

• budget-priced

Translations

determine or put a price on something

• Bulgarian: оценявам (bg) (ocenjavam)
• Czech: ocenit (cs)
• Danish: prissætte, vurdere
• Dutch: schatten (nl), prijzen (nl)
• Estonian: hindama
• Finnish: hinnoitella (fi)
• German: ^{(please verify)} schätzen (de), ^{(please verify)} den Preis festsetzen
• Greek: κοστολογώ (el) (kostologó)
• Ido: precizar (io)
• Italian: stimare (it), valutare (it)
• Latin: aestimō (la), taxō (la)
• Lithuanian: įkainoti
• Polish: wycenić (pl)
• Portuguese: avaliar (pt), orçar (pt)
• Russian: оце́нивать (ru) impf (océnivatʹ), оцени́ть (ru) pf (ocenítʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: cuir luach air
• Swedish: värdera (sv), prissätta
• Tagalog: presyo
• Zazaki: erc c

Further reading

• “price”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “price”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Cripe, recip.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic притъча (pritŭča).

Noun

price f (plural prici)

1. (dated) disagreement, argument

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	price	pricea		prici	pricile
genitive-dative	prici	pricii		prici	pricilor
vocative	price, priceo			pricilor