price

/ˈprīs/

Middle English pris, from Anglo-French, from Latin pretium price, money; probably akin to Sanskrit prati- against, in return

noun

  1. the amount of money given or set as consideration for the sale of a specified thing

  2. the quantity of one thing that is exchanged or demanded in barter or sale for another

  3. the cost at which something is obtained

verb

  1. to set a price on

  2. to find out the price of

  3. to drive by raising prices excessively

biographical name

  1. (Mary) Leontyne 1927— American soprano