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1.nounThe cost required to gain possession of something.
2.nounThe cost of an action or deed."I paid a high price for my folly."
3.nounValue; estimation; excellence; worth.
4.nounAn enterprise or adventure.
5.verbTo force (open) with a lever; to pry.
6.nounThat which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
7.nounAnything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; especially, property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.
8.nounAn honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort.
9.nounThat which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.
10.nounAnything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.
11.nounA contest for a reward; competition.
12.nounA lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever.