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PRICED
Verb
priced
simple past tense and past participle of price
Adjective
priced (not comparable)
(in combination) Having a price of the kind specified.
Anagrams
• percid
Source: Wiktionary
Priced, a.
Definition: Rated in price; valued; as, high-priced goods; low-priced labor.
PRICE
Price, n. Etym: [OE. pris, OF. pris, F. prix, L. pretium; cf. Gr. pa to buy, OI. renim I sell. Cf. Appreciate, Depreciate, Interpret, Praise, n. & v., Precious, Prize.]
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." Isa. lv. 1. 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.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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