price

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
price/prʌɪs/

▶noun the amount of money expected, required, or given in payment for something.

■ something expended or endured in order to achieve an objective.

■ the odds in betting.

■ archaic value; worth.

▶verb decide the price of.

■ attach price labels to.

– phrases
at any price no matter what is involved.
at a price requiring great expense or involving unwelcome consequences.
beyond (or without) price priceless.
a price on someone's head a reward offered for someone's capture or death.
what price ——?

• 1 what has or would become of ——?

• 2 what is the chance of ——?

– derivatives
pricer noun.

– origin ME: the noun from OFr. pris, from L. pretium ‘value, reward’; the verb a var. of earlier prise ‘estimate the value of’ (see prize1); cf. praise.