Dictionary entry details
• PRICE (noun)
Meaning:
The amount of money needed to purchase something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
price; terms; damage
Context examples:
the price of gasoline / he got his new car on excellent terms / how much is the damage?
Hypernyms ("price" is a kind of...):
cost (the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "price"):
valuation (assessed price)
support level ((stock market) the price at which a certain security becomes attractive to investors)
cash price; spot price (the current delivery price of a commodity traded in the spot market)
purchase price (the price at which something is actually purchased)
highway robbery (an exorbitant price)
factory price (price charged for goods picked up at the factory)
closing price ((stock market) the price of the last transaction completed during a day's trading session)
bid price ((stock market) the price at which a broker is willing to buy a certain security)
asking price; selling price (the price at which something is offered for sale)
Meaning:
The property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
monetary value; cost; price
Context examples:
the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver / he puts a high price on his services / he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection
Hypernyms ("price" is a kind of...):
value (the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "price"):
average cost (total cost for all units bought (or produced) divided by the number of units)
differential cost; incremental cost; marginal cost (the increase or decrease in costs as a result of one more or one less unit of output)
expensiveness (the quality of being high-priced)
assessment (the market value set on assets)
inexpensiveness (the quality of being affordable)
Meaning:
Value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
toll; cost; price
Context examples:
the cost in human life was enormous / the price of success is hard work / what price glory?
Hypernyms ("price" is a kind of...):
value (the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "price"):
death toll (the number of deaths resulting from some particular cause such as an accident or a battle or a natural disaster)
Meaning:
The high value or worth of something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
her price is far above rubies
Hypernyms ("price" is a kind of...):
worth (the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful)
Meaning:
A monetary reward for helping to catch a criminal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
the cattle thief has a price on his head
Hypernyms ("price" is a kind of...):
reward (the offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property)
Meaning:
Cost of bribing someone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Context example:
they say that every politician has a price
Hypernyms ("price" is a kind of...):
cost (the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor)
Meaning:
United States operatic soprano (born 1927)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Mary Leontyne Price; Leontyne Price; Price
Instance hypernyms:
soprano (a female singer)
• PRICE (verb)
Meaning:
Determine the price of
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
The grocer priced his wares high
Hypernyms (to "price" is one way to...):
determine; set (fix conclusively or authoritatively)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "price"):
mark up (increase the price of)
manipulate; rig (manipulate in a fraudulent manner)
overprice (price excessively high)
underquote (offer for sale at a price lower than the market price)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Ascertain or learn the price of
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
Have you priced personal computers lately?
Hypernyms (to "price" is one way to...):
ascertain (learn or discover with certainty)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
