Meaning and Origin
What does the name Price mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
Origin and Meaning of Price
User Submitted Origins
Welsh
73%
English
27%
User Submitted Meanings
- According to a user from Utah, U.S., the name Price is of Welsh origin and means "Strong independent loyal hard working great lover very protective of family".
International Interest
Also see international interest
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun Price
Senses
- 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.]
- Value; estimation; excellence; worth."Her price is far above rubies." [Prov. xxxi. 10.]"New treasures still, of countless price." [Keble.]
- Reward; recompense; as, the price of industry."'T is the price of toil, The knave deserves it when he tills the soil." [Pope.]
Etymology: OE. pris, OF. pris, F. prix, L. pretium; cf. Gr. � I sell � to buy, Skr. pa� to buy, OI. renim I sell. Cf. Appreciate Depreciate Interpret Praise (n. & v.) Precious Prize
verb Price
Senses
- To pay the price of.(Obs)"With thine own blood to price his blood." [Spenser.]
- To set a price on; to value. See Prize.
- To ask the price of; as, to price eggs.(Colloq)
Other Dictionary Sources
- The high value or worth of something ("her price is far above rubies")
- The property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold) ("he puts a high price on his services")
- Value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something ("the price of success is hard work" and "what price glory?")
- A monetary reward for helping to catch a criminal ("the cattle thief has a price on his head")
- United States operatic soprano (born 1927)
- The amount of money needed to purchase something ("the price of gasoline")
- Cost of bribing someone ("they say that every politician has a price")
- Ascertain or learn the price of ("Have you priced personal computers lately?")
- Determine the price of ("The grocer priced his wares high")
Wiktionary
From Middle English price (“price, prize, value, excellence”), from Old French pris, preis, from Latin pretium (“worth, price, money spent, wages, reward”), probably akin to Ancient Greek περνάω (pernáō, “I sell”); compare praise, prize, precious, appraise, apprize, appreciate, depreciate, etc.
- The cost required to gain possession of something.
- The cost of an action or deed.
- I paid a high for my folly.
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- Value; estimation; excellence; worth.
price was also found in the following language(s): Latin