PRICE  , the See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent in See also:

• MONEY

money for which a commodity is sold or See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased, the value of anything expressed in terms of a See also:

• MEDIUM

medium of See also:

• EXCHANGE

exchange (see VALUE and See also:

• WEALTH

WEALTH) . The word is a doublet of " praise," See also:

• COMMENDATION (from the Lat. commendare, to entrust to the charge of, or to procure a favour for)

commendation, eulogy, See also:

• LAT

Lat. laus, and " See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize," a See also:

• REWARD

reward of victory, the ultimate source of which is the Lat. pretium; the See also:

• ARYAN

Aryan See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root See also:

• PAR (Lat. par, equal)

par-, to buy, is seen in Skr. papa, See also:

• WAGES (the plural of " wage," from Late Lat. wadium, a pledge, O. Fr. wagier, gagier)

wages, reward, Gr . 7r0rpaQrceev, to sell, &c . The O . Fr. pris, mod. prix, was taken from a See also:

• LATE

Late Latin See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form precium, and had the various meanings of the See also:

• ENGLISH

English, " price," " prize," and " praise "; it was adapted in English as pris or prise and was gradually differentiated in form for the different meanings; thus " praise " was See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed from an earlier verbal form preise or preyse in the 15th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century; the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original meaning survives in " appraise," to set a value to anything, cf. the cur-See also:

• RENT

rent meaning of " to prize," to value highly . " Prize," re-See also:

• WARD
• WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
• WARD, ARTEMUS
• WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
• WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
• WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
• WARD, JAMES (1843– )
• WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
• WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
• WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
• WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
• WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)

ward, does not appear as a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate form till the 16th century . In " prize-fight," a See also:

• BOXING (M.E. box, a blow, probably from Dan. bask, a buffet)

boxing contest for money, the See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of reward seems clear, but the word appears earlier than the form " prize " in this sense and means a contest or match, and may be a different word altogether; the New English See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary compares the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek use of aBXov, literally reward, hence contest . " Prize " in the sense of that which is captured in See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war, especially at See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, is a distinct word . It comes through the Fr. prise, See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early Romanic presa for prensa, from Lat. praehendere, to seize, See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture . For the See also:

• INTERNATIONAL, THE

international See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law on the subject see PRIZE .