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/pɹaɪz/
English
Definitions
noun
- The cost required to gain possession of something.
- The cost of an action or deed.“I paid a high price for my folly.”
- Value; estimation; excellence; worth.
noun
- An enterprise or adventure.
verb
- To force (open) with a lever; to pry.
noun
- That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
- Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; especially, property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.
- An honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort.
- That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.