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priced

/pɹaɪst/

Meanings
  • Noun

    The price paid for something.

    - "The cost of the car was quite priced."
    - "The antique vase was highly priced."

Rhymes
Words rhyming with priced
vices , nice , pries
Homophones
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  1. Price (en) : A person who sells goods or services or negotiates their price.

  2. Prise (en) : Seizure or taking possession of something.


Variants
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priced , price , pricer , pricers , prices , pricing , pre-price , pre-priced , pre-prices , pre-pricing , preprice , prepriced , preprices , prepricing
Etymology
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From Old French 'prix', price, cost.


Trivia
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  1. The word 'priced' comes from the Old French word 'prix', which means 'price' or 'cost'.

  2. The highest price ever paid for a painting at auction is Leonardo da Vinci's 'Salvator Mundi', which sold for $450.3 million in 2017.

  3. In the United States, the term 'sticker shock' refers to the feeling of surprise and disbelief when encountering a much higher price than expected.


Related Concepts
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  1. Market price: The price at which a commodity or security is bought or sold in the market.

  2. Cost price: The price at which a business buys goods or raw materials to make and sell them.


Culture
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In literature, 'priced' is often used in the context of buying and selling, particularly in business and economics. For example, in F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby', the characters frequently discuss the prices of various goods and services.

How to Memorize "priced"

  1. visualize

    - Visualize a shopkeeper writing the price tag for an item.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'priced' with the concept of 'cost' or 'money'.

  3. mnemonics

    - Use the mnemonic 'P is for Price' to remember the meaning of the word.


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