Price

n.	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 market or in barter; cost. We can afford no more at such a price. - Shak.
	2.	Value; estimation; excellence; worth. Her price is far above rubies. - Prov. xxxi. 10. New treasures still, of countless price. - Keble.
	3.	Reward; recompense; as, the price of industry. 'T is the price of toil, The knave deserves it when he tills the soil. - Pope. Price current a statement or list of the prevailing prices of merchandise, stocks, specie, bills of exchange, etc., published statedly or occasionally.
v. t.	1.	To pay the price of. [imp. & p. p. Priced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pricing.] With thine own blood to price his blood. - Spenser.
	2.	To set a price on; to value. See Prize.
	3.	To ask the price of; as, to price eggs.

Noun	1.	price - 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?" Synonyms: terms, damage
	2.	price - the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold); "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" Synonyms: monetary value, cost
	3.	price - 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?" Synonyms: toll, cost
	4.	price - the high value or worth of something; "her price is far above rubies"
	5.	price - a reward for helping to catch a criminal; "the cattle thief has a price on his head"
	6.	price - cost of bribing someone; "they say that every politician has a price"
	7.	Price - United States operatic soprano (born 1927) Synonyms: Leontyne Price, Mary Leontyne Price
Verb	1.	price - determine the price of; "The grocer priced his wares high"
	2.	price - ascertain or learn the price of; "Have you priced personal computers lately?"

PRICE, contracts. The consideration in money given for the purchase of a thing.
     2. There are three requisites to the quality of a price in order to make a sale.
     3.-1. It must be serious, and such as may be demanded: if, therefore, a person were to sell me an article, and by the agreement, reduced to writing, he were to release me from the payment, the transaction would no longer be a sale, but a gift, Poth. Vente, n. 18.
     4.-2. The second quality of a price is, that the price be certain and determinate; but what may be rendered certain is considered as certain if, therefore, I sell a thing at a price to be fixed by a third person, this is sufficiently certain, provided the third person make a valuation and fix the price. Poth. Vente, n. 23, 24.
     5.-3. The third quality of a price is, that it consists in money, to be paid down, or at a future time, for if it be of any thing else, it will no longer be a price, nor the contract a sale, but exchange or barter. Poth. Vente, n. 30; 16 Toull. n. 147.
     6. The true price of a thing is that for which things of a like nature and quality are usually sold in the place where situated, if real property; or in the place where exposed to sale, if personal. Poth. Contr. de Vente, n. 243. The first price or cost of a thing does not always afford a sure criterion of its value. It may have been bought very dear or very cheap. Marsh. Ins. 620, et seq.; Ayliffe's Pand. 447; Merlin, Repert. h.t.; 4 Pick. 179; 8 Pick. 252; 16 Pick. 227.
     7. In a declaration in trover it is usual, when the chattel found is a living one, to lay it as of such a price when dead, of such a value. 8 Wentw. Pl. 372, n; 2 Lilly's Ab. 629. Vide Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.; Adjustment; Inadequacy of price; Pretium affectionis.

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