Definition of price
(Entry 1 of 3)
1a : the amount of money given or set as consideration for the sale of a specified thing
b : the quantity of one thing that is exchanged or demanded in barter or sale for another
2 : the cost at which something is obtained
… the price of freedom is restraint …— J. Irwin Miller
3 : the terms for the sake of which something is done or undertaken: such as
a : an amount sufficient to bribe one
believed every man had his price
b : a reward for the apprehension or death of a person
an outlaw with a price on his head
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Definition of price (Entry 2 of 3)
1 : to set a price on
2 : to find out the price of
3 : to drive by raising prices excessively
priced themselves out of the market
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The first known use of price was in the 13th century
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