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noun

ˈprīs How to pronounce price (audio)
Definition of pricenext
1
as in cost
the amount of money that is demanded as payment for something I really wanted to buy that shirt, but the price was more money than I had

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2
as in expense
the loss or penalty involved in achieving a goal I finished the project, but the price was losing a night's sleep

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3
as in reward
something offered or given in return for a service performed there was a price on the criminal's head

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price

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verb

as in to prize

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Recent Examples of price
Noun
For families While the vibe is much more honeymoon-y and grown-up than many of Bangkok’s other stays in the same price range, families are still very welcome. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026 Hungarians flocked to the shores and uplands around Lake Balaton — central Europe's largest freshwater lake — sending prices rocketing. — Lucy Handley, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
The market odds of a September hike fell to 50% days after Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s hawkish Jackson Hole speech prompted traders to price in a rate increase. — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2026 Comments from Waller on inflation pushed traders to price in the likelihood the Fed would hold at its meeting in less than two weeks. — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for price
Recent Examples of Synonyms for price
  1. cost
  2. expense
  3. reward
  4. prize
  5. fee
  6. bounty
  7. ascertain
  8. rate
Noun
  • Tiisetso’s view For half a century, the cost of African borrowing has been set largely in New York by three firms that rate the 55 countries from a distance.
    — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • That operational slowdown would subsequently reduce gasoline output and drive total domestic energy costs higher.
    — , CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of cost
Noun
  • The area might feel a bit buttoned-up and corporate for vacationers, but those in Abu Dhabi for work will be within a stone's throw of some of the city's best power-lunch and expense-account-dinner establishments.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • For example, an advance provisioning allowance is a deposit used to pay variable expenses, including fuel, food, drinks and marina fees, with any unused balance returned.
    — Christoph Lymbersky, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of expense
Noun
  • Today, credit for discovery plays a central role in the reward structure of science.
    — Jeffrey S. Flier, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The goal or outcome itself is wrong, so your brain generates a reward prediction error.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of reward
Verb
  • The punch-worthy parody of Altman’s characterization ramps up once he’s motivated to push back against — or trample over — the safety guardrails that Ilya prizes above all else, but so does the depth of his world-breaking cynicism.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Religion has harmed many; people fear proselytizing; soul language can sound fuzzy or exclusionary; literary culture prizes the secular and intellectual.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of prize
Noun
  • The lawsuits also attack the practice of charging fees on paper IOUs that are racked up by borrowers unable to make cash interest payments.
    — Ellen DiMauro, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Transportation to the local theme parks is included in the resort fee, but shuttles run infrequently.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of fee
Noun
  • The menu is inspired by the bounty of the local Virginia countryside, and a late summer menu included chicken with a summer succotash and smoked tomato hollandaise, as well as duck with pistachio, plum, pâté, and lovage.
    — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The order of the day was to pick a bumper crop of zucchini from Pugh’s garden, then cook their bounty in a variety of elaborate preparations.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of bounty
Verb
  • Bland said detectives were looking to interview staff and the suspect to ascertain a motive for the attack.
    — Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Many children will train at three or four of the ‘pre-academy’ centres run by professional clubs to ascertain a preference before choosing which club to officially join at under-nine.
    — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of ascertain
Noun
  • Growing up amid high divorce rates has also made younger couples more conscious of protecting their financial independence.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Iowa is the only state in the country with a growing cancer diagnosis rate and ranks second, next to Kentucky, in the number of overall cancer cases.
    — Gabrielle M. Etzel, The Washington Examiner, 8 Oct. 2026
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