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Synonyms for price

Most common

cost expense outlay fee user charge label

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Verb

1. Value — to set a price on; to value; to prize

value, rate, worth, appraise, weigh, evaluate, assess, worthen, prize dated US, prise UK, esteem dated, valuate rare

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The cost required to gain possession of something.

  2. n. 2

    The cost of an action or deed.

    I paid a high price for my folly.

  3. v. 1

    To set a price on; to value; to prize.

Forms

Plural
prices → costs, charges, expenses, outlays…
Past participle
priced
e.g. priced → valued, rated, worthed, appraised…

Choose the right word

Price or Cost?

In regular business, as a rule, the seller's price on his wares must be more than their cost to him; when goods are sold, the price the buyer has paid becomes their cost to himself.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • cost I was determined to fulfill my duties at any cost.
  • expense Our household expense got into the red last month.
  • outlay The initial outlay is quite high, but it's sure to pay off.
  • fee Of course, neither goods nor mailing fee returned.
  • label The label on the cover doesn't match the contents.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
pricefalling
costfalling
expensefalling
outlayfalling
feesteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
fee1
4 letters
cost1, rate1, toll1
5 letters
value2, worth1, prize1, label2, weigh1, prise
6 letters
figure2, charge1, damage2, reward2, assess2, esteem2, outlay2, charre
7 letters
penalty3, expense2, worthen2, valuate
8 letters
evaluate4, appraise2
10 letters
recompense3
11 letters
expenditure4
12 letters
compensation4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (value2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
prix
Italiano
prezzo
Español
precio
Deutsch
Preis
Català
preu