price
noun · verb
Simple meaning
The amount of money you have to pay for something
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
prysIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈpɹaɪs
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
The cost required to gain possession of something.
The cost of an action or deed.
Value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something
The high value or worth of something
“Her price is far above rubies.”
Value; estimation; excellence; worth.
United States operatic soprano (born 1927)
verb
transitive
To determine the monetary value of (an item); to put a price on.
“The grocer priced his wares high.”
Ascertain or learn the price of
“Have you priced personal computers lately?”
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A1 · Beginner
- Frequency
- Very Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: The cost required to gain possession of something.
Used this way, price is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
How It’s Used
The word’s distinct uses, one example each.
Highnoun
“Her price is far above rubies.”
Determineverb
“The grocer priced his wares high.”
Ascertainverb
“Have you priced personal computers lately?”
More ways to use price
- “Her price is far above rubies.”noun
- “The cattle thief has a price on his head.”noun
- “They say that every politician has a price.”noun
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Common Patterns and Combinations
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Word Family
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Inflected forms
Grammatical variations of the same word.
The evaluation of something in terms of its price.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
Control (by agreement among producers or by government) of the price of a commodity in interstate commerce.
Floor below which prices are not allowed to fall.
A freeze of prices at a given level.
Pricing above the market price when no alternative retailer is available.
Increase in price.
An index that traces the relative changes in the price of an individual good (or a market basket of goods) over time.
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