price /ˈpraɪs/
 價格,代價,價值(vt.)定…的價格


 price
 價格


 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. “Buy wine and milk without money and without price.”
    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, or Price list, a statement or list of the prevailing prices of merchandise, stocks, specie, bills of exchange, etc., published statedly or occasionally.


 Price, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Priced p. pr. & vb. n. Pricing.]
 1. To pay the price of. [Obs.]
    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. [Colloq.]

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 price
      n 1: 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?" [syn: terms, damage]
      2: 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" [syn: monetary value, cost]
      3: 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?"
         [syn: cost, toll]
      4: the high value or worth of something; "her price is far
         above rubies"
      5: a reward for helping to catch a criminal; "the cattle thief
         has a price on his head"
      6: cost of bribing someone; "they say that every politician has
         a price"
      7: United States operatic soprano (born 1927) [syn: {Leontyne
         Price, Mary Leontyne Price]
      v 1: determine the price of; "The grocer priced his wares high"
      2: ascertain or learn the price of; "Have you priced personal
         computers lately?"