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priceless | priced |

As an adjective priceless

is so precious as not to be sold at any price.

As a verb priced is

(price).

priceless

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • So precious as not to be sold at any price.
  • Treasured; held in high regard.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Saj Chowdhury , title=Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Alan Pardew's current squad has been put together with a relatively low budget but the resolve and unity within the team is priceless .}}
  • (informal) Hilariously amusing.
  • (obsolete) Of no value; worthless.
  • priced

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (price)

  • price

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The cost required to gain possession of something.
  • * Shakespeare
  • We can afford no more at such a price .
  • * , chapter=3
  • , title= 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 .}}
  • The cost of an action or deed.
  • Value; estimation; excellence; worth.
  • * Bible, Proverbs xxxi. 10
  • Her price is far above rubies.
  • * Keble
  • 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 price

    Verb

    (pric)
  • 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:
  • 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.
  • (obsolete) To set a price on; to value; to prize.
  • (colloquial, dated) To ask the price of.
  • to price eggs