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say it: prahys
price is a noun and verb meaning "the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)". It is pronounced /ˈpɹaɪs/ — prahys. It carries 9 recorded senses.
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”
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?”
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?”
a monetary reward for helping to catch a criminal
“the cattle thief has a price on his head”
United States operatic soprano (born 1927)
determine the price of
“The grocer priced his wares high”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for price come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.