noun
plural prices
the amount of money that you pay for something or that something costs [count]
[singular] :the thing that is lost, damaged, or given up in order to get or do something
[noncount] :the amount of money needed to persuade someone to do something
synonyms price, charge, cost, and fee mean the amount of money that is asked for or given as payment for something. price refers to how much money is asked for goods.
a price on someone's head
an amount of money that will be given to anyone who kills or captures someone
at any price
for any amount of money
without caring about what might be lost or given up
at a price
by losing or giving up something or doing something unpleasant
for a very large amount of money
beyond price
literary :extremely valuable or important
put a price on
to ask for a particular amount of money for (something you are selling)
to say how important or valuable something is - usually used in negative statements to say that something is extremely important and valuable
verb
prices; priced; pricing
[+ obj] to say or decide how much something costs :to give a price to (something)
usually used as (be) priced
to put a price on (something) :to attach a price tag to (something)
to learn the price of (something that you are thinking about buying)
price (someone) out of the market
to make the price of something too high for (someone)
price yourself out of the market
to make the price of your services, products, etc., too high