— tax, value and cost should have separate
entries —
#812. Price.—
N. price, amount, cost, expense, prime cost, charge,
figure; demand, damage; fare, hire, wages &c. (remuneration)
973; value &c. 812a.
dues, duty, toll, tax,
impost, cess[obs3], sess[obs3], tallage[obs3],
levy; abkari[obs3]; capitation tax, poll tax; doomage
[obs3][U.S.], likin[obs3]; gabel[obs3], gabelle[obs3];
gavel, octroi[obs3], custom, excise, assessment, benevolence,
tithe, tenths, exactment[obs3], ransom, salvage, tariff;
brokerage, wharfage, freightage.
bill &c. (account) 811;
shot.
V. bear a price, set
a price, fix a price; appraise, assess, doom
[U.S.], price, charge, demand, ask, require, exact,
run up; distrain; run up a bill &c. (debt) 806; have
one’s price; liquidate.
amount to, come to,
mount up to; stand one in.
fetch, sell for, cost,
bring in, yield, afford.
Adj. priced &c. v.;
to the tune of, ad valorem; dutiable; mercenary,
venal.
Phr. no penny no paternoster[Lat];
point d’argent point de Suisse[Fr],
no longer pipe no longer dance, no song no supper,
if you dance you have to pay the piper, you get what
you pay for, there’s no such thing as a free
lunch.
one may have it for;
a bon marche[Fr].
#812a. Value [intrinsic
worth] — N. {ant. to 812b} worth, rate,
value, intrinsic value, quality; par value.
[estimated value] valuation,
appraisal, assessment, appraisement.
[value as estimated
in a market] price current, market price,
quotation; fair price, going price; what it will fetch
&c. v.; what the market will bear.
money’s worth;
penny &c. worth.
cost (price) 812.
V. value[transitive],
esteem; appreciate.
[estimate value] appraise,
evaluate, assess.
Adj. valuable, estimable;
worthwhile; worthy, full of worth.
precious (expensive)
814.
Phr. worth the price;
worth a king’s ransom; accountants who know the
price of everything and the value of nothing.
#812b. Worthlessness
— N. {ant. to 812a} worthlessness,
valuelessness[obs3]; lack of value; uselessness.
[low value] cheapness,
shoddiness; low quality, poor quality.
[worthless item] trash,
garbage.
Adj. worthless, valueless;
useless.
[of low value] cheap,
shoddy; slapdash.
inexpensive &c. 815.
Phr. not worth the paper
it’s printed on, not worth a sou.
#813. Discount.—
N. discount, abatement, concession, reduction,
depreciation, allowance; qualification, set-off, drawback,
poundage, agio[obs3], percentage; rebate, rebatement[obs3];
backwardation, contango[obs3]; salvage; tare and tret[obs3].
sale, bargain; half
price; price war.
wholesale, wholesale
price; dealer’s price; trade price.
coupon, discount coupon,
cents-off coupon; store coupon,
manufacturer’s coupon; double coupon discount,


