Price

n. [O. Fr. pris, preis, preix, N. Fr. prix; Pr. prez, Sp. prez, precio, Pg. preço, It. prezzo, Lat. pretium. Cf. PRAISE.] 1. 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 barter. We can afford no more at such a price. Shak. 2. Value; estimation; excellence; worth. Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. Prov. xxxi. 10. 3. Reward; recompense. That, vice may merit; ’tis the price of toil; The knave deserves it when he tills the soil. Pope. Price-current or price-list, a statement or list, published statedly or occasionally, of the prevailing prices of merchandise, stocks, specie, bills of exchange, rate of exchange, &c.