Price Meaning
/ˈpɹaɪ̯s/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe cost required to gain possession of something.
nounThe cost of an action or deed.
Sentence Examples
The price of gold varies from day to day.
The price of gold fluctuates daily.
I cannot believe the price of the tickets!
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of the old car was too high for most buyers, so it remained unsold.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of the apartment had risen by thirty percent in just two years due to high demand.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English price (“price, prize, value, excellence”), borrowed from Old French pris, preis, from Latin pretium (“worth, price, money spent, wages, reward”); compare praise, precious, appraise, appreciate, depreciate, etc.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"We can afford no more at such a price."
— c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
"My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price."
— 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter III, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
"It is difficult otherwise to explain the contradictions of [Chamberlain’s] policy, his failure to grasp any of the courses that were open to him. Like the mass of the people, he did not want to pay the price either of peace or of war."
— 1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn:
"Her price is far above rubies."
— 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs xxxi:10:
"new treasures still, of countless price"
— 1827, [John Keble], The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holydays throughout the Year, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] [B]y W. Baxter, for J. Parker; and C[harles] and J[ohn] Rivington, […], →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of the old car was too high for most buyers, so it remained unsold.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of the apartment had risen by thirty percent in just two years due to high demand.