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   Price , n. [OE. pris, OF. pris, F. prix, L. pretium; cf. Gr.  I sell  to buy, Skr. pa to buy, OI. renim I sell. Cf. Appreciate, Depreciate, Interpret, Praise, n. & v., Precious, Prize.]
   The sum or amount of money at which a thing is valued, or the value which a seller sets on his goods in market; that for which something is bought or sold, or offered for sale; equivalent in money or other means of exchange; current value or rate paid or demanded in market or in barter; cost. “Buy wine and milk without money and without price.” 
   Isa. lv. 1.
   
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   We can afford no more at such a price.
   Shak.
   
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   Value; estimation; excellence; worth.
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   Her price is far above rubies.
   Prov. xxxi. 10.
   
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   New treasures still, of countless price.
   Keble.
   
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   Reward; recompense; as, the price of industry.
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   'T is the price of toil,
   The knave deserves it when he tills the soil.
   Pope.
   
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   Price current, or Price list, a statement or list of the prevailing prices of merchandise, stocks, specie, bills of exchange, etc., published statedly or occasionally.
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   Price, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Priced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pricing.]
   To pay the price of. [Obs.]
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   With thine own blood to price his blood.
   Spenser.
   
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   To set a price on; to value. See Prize.
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   To ask the price of; as, to price eggs. [Colloq.]
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