Beyond price
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
a sum offered for the capture of a person alive or dead:
The authorities put a price on his head.
the sum of money, or other consideration, for which a person’s support, consent, etc., may be obtained, especially in cases involving sacrifice of integrity:
They claimed that every politician has a price.
that which must be given, done, or undergone in order to obtain a thing:
He gained the victory, but at a heavy price.
odds (def 2).
Archaic. value or worth.
Archaic. great value or worth (usually preceded by of).
to fix the price of.
to ask or determine the price of:
We spent the day pricing furniture at various stores.
at any price, at any cost, no matter how great:
Their orders were to capture the town at any price.
beyond / without price, of incalculable value; priceless:
The crown jewels are beyond price.
Contemporary Examples
Gabby Douglas, Ryan Lochte: Why Families of America’s Olympics Athletes Are Broke Kevin Fallon August 6, 2012
Historical Examples
Continental Monthly, Vol. I. February, 1862, No. II. Various
The Republic Plato
Figures of Several Centuries Arthur Symons
The Maker of Rainbows Richard Le Gallienne
Have faith in Massachusetts; 2d ed. Calvin Coolidge
Tangle Hold F. L. Wallace
Love Me Little, Love Me Long Charles Reade
The Pursuit Frank (Frank Mackenzie) Savile
I Married a Ranger Dama Margaret Smith
noun
the sum in money or goods for which anything is or may be bought or sold
the cost at which anything is obtained
the cost of bribing a person
a sum of money offered or given as a reward for a capture or killing
value or worth, esp high worth
(gambling) another word for odds
at any price, whatever the price or cost
at a price, at a high price
beyond price, without price, invaluable or priceless
(Irish) the price of someone, what someone deserves, esp a fitting punishment: it’s just the price of him
what price something?, what are the chances of something happening now?
verb (transitive)
to fix or establish the price of
to ascertain or discover the price of
price out of the market, to charge so highly for as to prevent the sale, hire, etc, of
n.
v.
price is right, the
price on one’s head
price out of the market
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