Kilo Lingo

price

/praɪs/

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Translation

The amount of money you must pay to buy something.

Word origin

From Old French pris, from Latin pretium, meaning the value or cost of a thing.

Origin
Old French
Root
pris

Grammar

Gender
Pluralprices

Examples

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"Price" is the money you must pay for the book.

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"Prices" is the plural, meaning the cost of many things.

fair .

Here "price" is the money she gave to buy the car.

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