[price] n [ME pris, fr. OF, fr. L pretium price, money; prob. akin to Skt prati- against, in return--more at pros-] (13c) 1 archaic: value, worth
2. a: the quantity of one thing that is exchanged or demanded in barter or sale for another b: the amount of money given or set as consideration for the sale of a specified thing
3: the terms for the sake of which something is done or undertaken: as a: an amount sufficient to bribe one "believed every man had his ~" b: a reward for the apprehension or death of a person "an outlaw with a ~ on his head"
4: the cost at which something is obtained "the ~ of freedom is restraint --J. Irwin Miller"
[2]price vt priced ; pric.ing (15c) 1: to set a price on
2: to find out the price of
3: to drive by raising prices excessively "priced themselves out of the market" -- pric.er n