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- Dictionaryprice/prīs/
noun
- 1. the amount of money expected, required, or given in payment for something: "land could be sold for a high price" Similar
- 2. an unwelcome experience, event, or action involved as a condition of achieving a desired end: "the price of their success was an entire day spent in discussion" Similar Opposite
verb
- 1. decide the amount required as payment for (something offered for sale): "the watches in this range are priced at $14.50"
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The meaning of PRICE is the amount of money given or set as consideration for the sale of a specified thing. How to use price in a sentence.
the amount of money for which something is sold: The price of oil has risen sharply. House prices have been falling. We thought they were asking a very high/ low price. The large supermarkets are offering big price cuts. C1 [ S ] the unpleasant results that you must accept or experience for getting or doing something:
noun. the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale. a sum offered for the capture of a person alive or dead: The authorities put a price on his head.
1. The amount as of money or goods, asked for or given in exchange for something else. 2. The cost at which something is obtained: believes that the price of success is hard work. 3. The cost of bribing someone: maintained that every person has a price. 4. A reward offered for the capture or killing of a person: a felon with a price on his head. 5.
The price of something is how much it costs. It’s usually money, but sometimes not. For example, the price of staying up all night is that you’re really sleepy the next day.
: the amount of money that you pay for something or that something costs. [count] oil/gas prices. You paid a high/low/reasonable price for the car. We bought the house at a good price. [+] more examples. [noncount]
To talk about how much things cost, you can say that prices start at a particular amount, or that prices range from one amount to another. The retail price for something is the amount it costs in a store, and the wholesale price is the amount it costs to buy a large quantity of it.
