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Prol. to C. Т., 1. 165-189. price (pris), n . price, prize, value, excellence, = D.prijs =MHG. [ price , pryce , pris , prys , pris , G. pre is , praise, glory, price, reward, etc., pris , pre is , F. prix , price, value, reward, prize, etc., = Pr. pretz = Sp. precio =Pg. preço price, money spent, wages, reward; prob. akin = It. prezzo , price, value, pretium , worth, price. Hence ult. ( pretium ) E. praise , prize2 , to Gr. περνάναι , sell; Skt. pan a for * parna , wages, precious , appraise , apprize2 , appreciate , depre ciate , etc.] 1. Worth; value; estimation; ex cellence. Thei sette no prys be no riche e, but only of a precyous Ston that is amonges hem, that is of 60 coloures. Mandeville, Travels, p. 196. above rubies. And how that freris folwed folke that was riche, And folke that was pore at litel prys the i sette. Piers Plowman (B), xiii. 8. Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far Prov. xxx i. 10. I have ever loved the life removed, And held in idle price to haunt a emblies. Shak., M. for M., i. 3. 9. O spare my youth, and for the breath I owe Large gifts of price my father shall bestow. Pope , Iliad, x. 450. 2. The sum or amount of money, or its equivalent, which a seller asks or obtains for his goods in market; the exchangeable value of a commodity; the equivalent in money for which something is bought or sold, or offered for sale; hence, figuratively, that which must be given or done in order to obtain a thing. Come, buy wine and milk, without money and without A robe Of samite without price , that more exprest Than hid her, clung about her li om limbs. Tennyson , Merlin and Vivien.