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English Dictionary: price by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
price
n
  1. the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold); "the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver"; "he puts a high price on his services"; "he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection"
    Synonym(s): monetary value, price, cost
  2. the amount of money needed to purchase something; "the price of gasoline"; "he got his new car on excellent terms"; "how much is the damage?"
    Synonym(s): price, terms, damage
  3. value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something; "the cost in human life was enormous"; "the price of success is hard work"; "what price glory?"
    Synonym(s): price, cost, toll
  4. the high value or worth of something; "her price is far above rubies"
  5. a monetary reward for helping to catch a criminal; "the cattle thief has a price on his head"
  6. cost of bribing someone; "they say that every politician has a price"
  7. United States operatic soprano (born 1927)
    Synonym(s): Price, Leontyne Price, Mary Leontyne Price
v
  1. determine the price of; "The grocer priced his wares high"
  2. ascertain or learn the price of; "Have you priced personal computers lately?"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Price \Price\, n. [OE. pris, OF. pris, F. prix, L. pretium; cf.
      Gr. [?] I sell [?] to buy, Skr. pa[?] to buy, OI. renim I
      sell. Cf. {Appreciate}, {Depreciate}, {Interpret}, {Praise},
      n. & v., {Precious}, {Prize}.]
      1. The sum or amount of money at which a thing is valued, or
            the value which a seller sets on his goods in market; that
            for which something is bought or sold, or offered for
            sale; equivalent in money or other means of exchange;
            current value or rate paid or demanded in market or in
            barter; cost. [bd]Buy wine and milk without money and
            without price.[b8] --Isa. lv. 1.
  
                     We can afford no more at such a price. --Shak.
  
      2. Value; estimation; excellence; worth.
  
                     Her price is far above rubies.            --Prov. xxxi.
                                                                              10.
  
                     New treasures still, of countless price. --Keble.
  
      3. Reward; recompense; as, the price of industry.
  
                     'T is the price of toil, The knave deserves it when
                     he tills the soil.                              --Pope.
  
      {Price current}, [or] {Price list}, a statement or list of
            the prevailing prices of merchandise, stocks, specie,
            bills of exchange, etc., published statedly or
            occasionally.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Price \Price\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Priced}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Pricing}.]
      1. To pay the price of. [Obs.]
  
                     With thine own blood to price his blood. --Spenser.
  
      2. To set a price on; to value. See {Prize}.
  
      3. To ask the price of; as, to price eggs. [Colloq.]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Price, TX
      Zip code(s): 75687
   Price, UT (city, FIPS 62030)
      Location: 39.60166 N, 110.80129 W
      Population (1990): 8712 (3410 housing units)
      Area: 10.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 84501
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