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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.nounThat which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
5.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.
6.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.
7.nounThat which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.
8.nounAnything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.
9.nounA contest for a reward; competition.
10.nounA lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever.
11.verbTo consider highly valuable; to esteem.
12.verbTo set or estimate the value of; to appraise; to price; to rate.
13.verbTo move with a lever; to force up or open; to prise or pry.
14.verbTo compete in a prizefight.