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price

[prahys] / praɪs /
NOUN
financial value
Synonyms
STRONGEST
amount bill cost demand discount estimate expenditure expense fare fee figure output pay payment premium rate return tariff valuation worth
STRONG
appraisal assessment barter bounty ceiling charge compensation consideration damage disbursement dues exaction hire outlay prize quotation ransom reckoning retail reward score sticker tab ticket toll tune wages wholesale
WEAK
appraisement asking price face value
NOUN
consequences of action
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cost expense
STRONG
penalty sacrifice toll
Antonyms
WEAK
cause
VERB
assess financial value
Synonyms
STRONGEST
appraise cost estimate fix reduce value
STRONG
evaluate rate sticker
WEAK
mark down mark up put a price on

Example Sentences

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They have “seized on gold’s price drop, because this sudden retreat gives buyers the chance to reset the clock back before January’s historic price spike,” said Adrian Ash, director of research at BullionVault.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

And consumers seem willing to pay around double the price for AI-powered specs than for a “dumb” pair.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Well, there’s an energy price spike domestically and a severe one for countries more reliant on oil passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

Senegal's move is the latest response from the continent to the oil price rise, which has seen countries reducing fuel levies and rationing electricity.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Maybe he wasn’t cheating me of anything, but simply setting a price on each of our lives.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.