Contraband vs Price - What's the difference?
contraband | price |
(uncountable) any goods which are illicit or illegal to possess
(uncountable) goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods
(countable, US, historical) A black slave during the American Civil War who had escaped to, or been captured by, Union forces.
* 1988 , James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom , Oxford 2003, p. 497:
prohibited from being traded
* 1940' – ' The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America: Having ... – Division of the Federal Register, the National Archives – Page 2191
* 1953' – United States, United States. President, United States. Congress – ' United States Code Congressional and Administrative News – Page 2039
* 1899' – Albert William Chaster – ' The Powers, Duties and Liabilities of Executive Officers as Between These ... – Stevens and Haynes – Page 55
(obsolete) To import illegally; to smuggle.
(obsolete) To declare prohibited; to forbid.
* Hudibras
The cost required to gain possession of something.
* Shakespeare
* , chapter=3
, title= The cost of an action or deed.
Value; estimation; excellence; worth.
* Bible, Proverbs xxxi. 10
* Keble
To determine the monetary value of (an item), to put a price on.
(obsolete) To pay the price of, to make reparation for.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.ix:
(obsolete) To set a price on; to value; to prize.
(colloquial, dated) To ask the price of.
As a noun contraband
is (uncountable) any goods which are illicit or illegal to possess.As an adjective contraband
is prohibited from being traded.As a verb contraband
is (obsolete) to import illegally; to smuggle.As a phrase price is
(label) protect, rest, ice, compression, and elevation a common treatment method for sprained joints.contraband
English
Noun
(wikipedia contraband) (en-noun)- While some Yanks treated contrabands with a degree of equity or benevolence, the more typical response was indifference, contempt, or cruelty.
Adjective
(en adjective)- "[...] when the seizure is made in connection with a violation involving a contraband article covered by section 1 (b) (1) of the said Act; [...]"
- "The exclusion of mandatory payment of moieties for seizures of contraband controlled substances is accomplished through Section 17 of the bill, [...]"
- "4. Contraband goods may be seized if found in a river before they are landed or offered for sale."
Verb
(en verb)- (Johnson)
- The law severely contrabands / Our taking business off men's hands.
price
English
Noun
(en noun)- We can afford no more at such a price .
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price .}}
- Her price is far above rubies.
- new treasures still, of countless price
Derived terms
* list price * pool price * price-conscious * price stability * purchase price * reserve price * selling price * shadow price * spot price * starting price * strike price * upset priceVerb
(pric)- Thou damned wight, / The author of this fact, we here behold, / What iustice can but iudge against thee right, / With thine owne bloud to price his bloud, here shed in sight.
- to price eggs