Meaning of "price" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PRICE

Pris, from Old French, from Latin pretium price, value, wage.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PRICE

praɪs

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRICE

Price is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb price in English.

WHAT DOES PRICE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Price

In ordinary usage, price is the quantity of payment or compensation given by one party to another in return for goods or services. In modern economies, prices are generally expressed in units of some form of currency. Although prices could be quoted as quantities of other goods or services this sort of barter exchange is rarely seen. Prices are sometimes quoted in terms of vouchers such as trading stamps and air miles. In some circumstances, cigarettes have been used as currency, for example in prisons, in times of hyperinflation, and in some places during World War 2. In a black market economy, barter is also relatively common. In many financial transactions, it is customary to quote prices in other ways. The most obvious example is in pricing a loan, when the cost will be expressed as the percentage rate of interest. The total amount of interest payable depends upon credit risk, the loan amount and the period of the loan. Other examples can be found in pricing financial derivatives and other financial assets.

Definition of price in the English dictionary

The first definition of price in the dictionary is the sum in money or goods for which anything is or may be bought or sold. Other definition of price is the cost at which anything is obtained. Price is also the cost of bribing a person.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PRICE

PRESENT

Present

I price

you price

he/she/it prices

we price

you price

they price

Present continuous

I am pricing

you are pricing

he/she/it is pricing

we are pricing

you are pricing

they are pricing

Present perfect

I have priced

you have priced

he/she/it has priced

we have priced

you have priced

they have priced

Present perfect continuous

I have been pricing

you have been pricing

he/she/it has been pricing

we have been pricing

you have been pricing

they have been pricing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I priced

you priced

he/she/it priced

we priced

you priced

they priced

Past continuous

I was pricing

you were pricing

he/she/it was pricing

we were pricing

you were pricing

they were pricing

Past perfect

I had priced

you had priced

he/she/it had priced

we had priced

you had priced

they had priced

Past perfect continuous

I had been pricing

you had been pricing

he/she/it had been pricing

we had been pricing

you had been pricing

they had been pricing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will price

you will price

he/she/it will price

we will price

you will price

they will price

Future continuous

I will be pricing

you will be pricing

he/she/it will be pricing

we will be pricing

you will be pricing

they will be pricing

Future perfect

I will have priced

you will have priced

he/she/it will have priced

we will have priced

you will have priced

they will have priced

Future perfect continuous

I will have been pricing

you will have been pricing

he/she/it will have been pricing

we will have been pricing

you will have been pricing

they will have been pricing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would price

you would price

he/she/it would price

we would price

you would price

they would price

Conditional continuous

I would be pricing

you would be pricing

he/she/it would be pricing

we would be pricing

you would be pricing

they would be pricing

Conditional perfect

I would have price

you would have price

he/she/it would have price

we would have price

you would have price

they would have price

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been pricing

you would have been pricing

he/she/it would have been pricing

we would have been pricing

you would have been pricing

they would have been pricing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you price
we let´s price
you price

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to price

Past participle

priced

Present Participle

pricing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «PRICE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «price» and belong to the same grammatical category.

amount · asking price · assess · assessment · bill · bounty · charge · compensation · consequences · cost · damage · estimate · evaluate · expenditure · expense · face value · fee · figure · forfeit · outlay · payment · penalty · premium · rate · recompense · result · reward · sacrifice · toll · valuation · value · worth

TRANSLATION OF PRICE

Find out the translation of price to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of price from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «price» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 价格
• Translator English - Spanish: precio
• English: price
• Translator English - Hindi: कीमत
• Translator English - Arabic: سِعْر
• Translator English - Russian: цена
• Translator English - Portuguese: preço
• Translator English - Bengali: মূল্য
• Translator English - French: prix
• Translator English - Malay: Harga
• Translator English - German: Preis
• Translator English - Japanese: 価格
• Translator English - Korean: 가격
• Translator English - Javanese: Rega
• Translator English - Vietnamese: giá
• Translator English - Tamil: விலை
• Translator English - Marathi: किंमत
• Translator English - Turkish: fiyat
• Translator English - Italian: prezzo
• Translator English - Polish: cena
• Translator English - Ukrainian: ціна
• Translator English - Romanian: preț
• Translator English - Greek: τιμή
• Translator English - Afrikaans: prys
• Translator English - Swedish: pris
• Translator English - Norwegian: pris

10 QUOTES WITH «PRICE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word price.

1

Christina Applegate

There are a lot of sacrifices a mother makes when she's raising a child by herself. I saw it when I was growing up, watching all my mother did for me. But it wasn't until recently that I fully understood the price she paid because of how we had to struggle.

2

Arthur Ashe

When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price.

3

Zygmunt Bauman

Human attention tends to be focused on the satisfactions relationships are hoped to bring, precisely because somehow they have not been truly satisfactory. And if they do satisfy, the price of this satisfaction has often been found to be unacceptable.

4

Chris Bell

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. Don't store unnecessary data, keep an eye on what's happening, and don't take unnecessary risks.

5

John Burroughs

For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice - no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.

6

Art Carney

You're looking at an actor whose price has just doubled.

7

Chris Christie

This country pays a price whenever our economy fails to deliver rising living standards to our citizens - which is exactly what has been the case for years now. We pay a price when our political system cannot come together and agree on the difficult but necessary steps to rein in entitlement spending or reform our tax system.

8

Adam Clarke

Now an infinite happiness cannot be purchased by any price less than that which is infinite in value; and infinity of merit can only result from a nature that is infinitely divine or perfect.

9

Norm Coleman

It is easy to criticize, particularly in a political season. But to lead is something altogether different. The leader must live in the real world of the price that might be paid for the goal that has been set.

10

Hernan Cortes

There are apothecaries' shops, where prepared medicines, liquids, ointments, and plasters are sold; barbers' shops, where they wash and shave the head; and restaurateurs, that furnish food and drink at a certain price.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRICE»

Discover the use of price in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to price and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Investment Valuation: Tools and Techniques for Determining ...

An expansion of ancillaries include updated online databases, spreadsheets, and other educational support tools Fully revised to incorporate valuation lessons learned from the last five years, from the market crisis and emerging markets to ...

Aswath Damodaran, 2012

How to Do Things with Books in Victorian Britain

How to Do Things with Books in Victorian Britain asks how our culture came to frown on using books for any purpose other than reading. When did the coffee-table book become an object of scorn?

Leah Price, 2012

Free: The Future of a Radical Price

Reveals how to run an online business profitably in spite of the Internet's inherently free culture, disseminating the principles of a "priceless economy" in six categories that pertain to advertising, labor exchange, and advanced-version ...

Chris Anderson, 2009

The Price of Politics

There’s something I don’t get.” The Price of Politics chronicles the inside story of how President Obama and the US Congress tried, and failed, to restore the American economy and set it on a course to fiscal stability.

Bob Woodward, 2012

The Wanderers

A teenage gang comes of age in the 1960s Bronx. Written when the author was twenty-four, this story was the basis for a major feature film.

Richard Price, 1999

High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery ...

As a youth, Carl Hart didn't realize the value of school; he studied just enough to stay on the basketball team. At the same time, he was immersed in street life.

Carl Hart, 2013

Goldmine Price Guide to 45 RPM Records

In this one book you'll find updated pricing, a checklist format for easy inventorying and: 80,000 listings of 7-inch 45s, and Eps Details on artists, labels, and variations State-of-the-market report featuring an insider's look at hot ...

Tim Neely, Martin Popoff, 2009

The Abundance Book

This book introduces you to a 40-day prosperity plan, you will find out what 'money' really is, and you will learn a six-step program to free your mind from limiting beliefs.

John Randolph Price, 1996

The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and ...

Examines the inner operations of the administration of George W. Bush through the experiences and assessments of former Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill.

Ron Suskind, 2004

Petretti's Coca-Cola Collectibles Price Guide: The ...

Chapter by colorful chapter of Coca-Cola calendars, serving trays, bottles, signs, vintage advertisements, toys, coolers, dispensers and countless other items representing the foremost name in soda pop collectibles await you, in this new ...

Allan Petretti, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRICE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term price is used in the context of the following news items.

Alstom to Lower Price of Energy Assets in Sale to GE

PARIS— Alstom SA ALO -1.76 % said Monday it would lower the price for the sale of most of its energy assets to General Electric Co. GE 0.78 ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»

David Price Won't Rule Out Red Sox In Free Agency Despite Past …

Price, who became an enemy of the Boston Red Sox during his time with the Tampa Bay Rays, is set to hit free agency after this season. «NESN.com, Jul 15»

Top Factors Undermining Any Oil Price Recovery

Global oil prices have returned to a state of flux. This is hardly news to any who follow the oil markets closely and yet prices continue to drive ... «OilPrice.com, Jul 15»

Calif. Obamacare customers to see 4% avg hike

The exchange touted those moderate rate increases, contrasting them with the 9.8 percent average price increases seen between 2011 and ... «CNBC, Jul 15»

Allergan's Healthy Price May Come With Side Effects

Allergan announced Monday that Teva will pay 83% of the purchase price in cash when the deal closes next year. After taxes associated with ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»

Gas in Kansas at lowest price for July 27 since 2009

The last time the average price for a gallon of gas was lower in Kansas on Monday's date, ISIS was still an Egyptian goddess, Whitney Houston ... «Topeka Capital Journal, Jul 15»

Petrol at 99p a litre? Fuel price dream could still come true – here's …

But at 117p, the average price of petrol last week was still slightly below diesel (118p). That's up from the low point back in February of 106p for ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»

Price on trade rumors: 'I've been through it before'

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – It felt, David Price said, like the trade deadline had passed. “Right here feels like after the deadline, when I sat right ... «Detroit Free Press, Jul 15»

Japan Wheat Price Seen Dropping From Highest in Six Years

Wheat prices in Japan are set to decline from the highest level since 2009 amid a global rout in commodities, according to the a millers' group ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»

PFC slips, trades at discount to OFS price

Retail investors have been offered 5 per cent discount over cut-off price. As on June 30, the government held 72.80 per cent stake in the ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»