Price

(noun.) the high value or worth of something; 'her price is far above rubies'.

(noun.) value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something; 'the cost in human life was enormous'; 'the price of success is hard work'; 'what price glory?'.

(noun.) a monetary reward for helping to catch a criminal; 'the cattle thief has a price on his head'.

(noun.) United States operatic soprano (born 1927).

(noun.) the amount of money needed to purchase something; 'the price of gasoline'; 'he got his new car on excellent terms'; 'how much is the damage?'.

(noun.) cost of bribing someone; 'they say that every politician has a price'.

(verb.) ascertain or learn the price of; 'Have you priced personal computers lately?'.

(verb.) determine the price of; 'The grocer priced his wares high'.

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• Sixteen shillings sterling, we are told by Mr Byron, was the price of a good horse in the capital of Chili. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• There is _one_ person in company who does not like to have Miss Price spoken of. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• He considers what the land will cost him, in tax and price together. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• To encourage tillage, by keeping up the price of corn, even in the most plentiful years, was the avowed end of the institution. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Whether from awe or pity, nobody raised the price on him. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• In the physical as in the financial world, nothing is to be had without a price. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• As he might get an excellent smoke for half the price, he has no need to practise economy. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Mr. Bucket prices that decoration in his mind and thinks it as likely as not that Volumnia is writing poetry. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• At this juncture a large part of the correspondence referred very naturally to electric lighting, embodying requests for all kinds of information, catalogues, prices, terms, etc. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Meyers won on nearly every race but disliked to give tips because it brought down the prices. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• The prices allowed by the board are very small, Mr. Bumble. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• How this came about may be easily seen without much arithmetic or knowledge of prices. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• We together fixed the prices to be paid for the negro labor, whether rendered to the government or to individuals. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Men made sly and crude schemes to corner it, to hoard it, to send up prices by releasing hoarded metals. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Stoves of this character are as efficient and economical as coal stoves, and are in great demand, especially where coal and wood are scarce and high-priced. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The Arabs are too high-priced in Egypt. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• For family or grocers’ use this will prove even more serviceable than some of the high-priced patent refrigerators. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.

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