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The correct spelling is prizes.
How to pronounce prizes
noun
Say it like: Pri-zes
The correct spelling is prizes. The cost required to gain possession of something. For example: "I paid a high price for my folly."
Usage Examples
“I paid a high price for my folly.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The cost required to gain possession of something.
- 2.The cost of an action or deed.
- 3.Value; estimation; excellence; worth.
- 4.That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
- 5.Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; especially, property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.
verb
- 1.To consider highly valuable; to esteem.
- 2.To set or estimate the value of; to appraise; to price; to rate.
- 3.To move with a lever; to force up or open; to prise or pry.
- 4.To compete in a prizefight.
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