Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 118
Pretty (adv.) 相當，頗，很，非常 In some degree; moderately; considerably; rather; almost; -- less emphatic than very; as, I am pretty sure of the fact; pretty cold weather.
Pretty plainly professes himself a sincere Christian. -- Atterbury.
Pretty (adv.) To a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers" [syn: {reasonably}, {moderately}, {pretty}, {jolly}, {somewhat}, {fairly}, {middling}, {passably}] [ant: {immoderately}, {unreasonably}].
Pretty (a.) Pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing; "pretty girl"; "pretty song"; "pretty room."
Pretty (a.) (Used ironically) Unexpectedly bad; "a pretty mess"; "a pretty kettle of fish."
Compare: Ironically
Ironically (adv.) 說反話地；諷刺地 In an ironic manner.
‘‘How very noble,’ Oliver said ironically.’
Ironically (adv.) Used in reference to a paradoxical, unexpected, or coincidental situation.
[Sentence adverb] ‘Ironically, the rescue craft which saved her was the boat she was helping to pay for.’
Compare: Ironic
Ironic (a.) 冷嘲的，挖苦的；具有諷刺意味的；出乎意料的；用反語的；愛挖苦人的Using or characterized by irony.
‘His mouth curved into an ironic smile.’
Ironic (a.) Happening in a way contrary to what is expected, and typically causing wry amusement because of this.
[With clause] ‘It was ironic that now everybody had plenty of money for food they couldn't obtain it because everything was rationed.’
Compare: Irony
Irony (n.) [Mass noun] 反語；冷嘲；諷刺 [U]；具有諷刺意味的事；出乎意料的結果；嘲諷的話 [C] [U] The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
‘‘Don't go overboard with the gratitude,’ he rejoined with heavy irony.’
Irony (n.) [Mass noun] A state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often wryly amusing as a result.
‘The irony is that I thought he could help me.’
[Count noun ]‘One of life's little ironies.’
Irony (n.) [Mass noun] A literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character's words or actions is clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character.
Irony (a.) Of or like iron.
‘An irony grey colour.’
Compare: Emphatic
Emphatic (a.) 強調的，著重的；加強語氣的 Showing or giving emphasis; expressing something forcibly and clearly.
‘The children were emphatic that they would like to repeat the experience.’
‘An emphatic movement of his hand.’
Emphatic (a.) (Of an action or event or its result) definite and clear.
‘He walked stiffly, with an emphatic limp.’
Emphatic (a.) (Of word or syllable) Bearing the stress.
Emphatic (a.) [Linguistics ] Denoting certain Arabic consonants that are pronounced with both dental articulation and constriction of the pharynx.
‘The pronunciation tandur or tandir, current in Turkey, C. Asia and India, reflects the emphatic Turkic pronunciation of the double n.’
Emphatic (n.) [Linguistics] An emphatic consonant.
Prettyish (a.) Somewhat pretty. -- Walpole.
Prettyism (n.) Affectation of a pretty style, manner, etc. [R.] -- Ed. Rev.
Pretty-spoken (a.) Spoken or speaking prettily. [Colloq.]
Pretypified (imp. & p. p.) of Pretypify.
Pretypifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pretypify.
Pretypify (v. t.) To prefigure; to exhibit previously in a type. -- Bp. Pearson.
Pretzel (n.) A kind of German biscuit or cake in the form of a twisted ring, salted on the outside.
Pretzel (n.) Glazed and salted cracker typically in the shape of a loose knot.
Prevailed (imp. & p. p.) of Prevail.
Prevailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prevail.
Prevail (v. i.) 壓倒，占上風，占優勢；說服，勸說 To overcome; to gain the victory or superiority; to gain the advantage; to have the upper hand, or the mastery; to succeed; -- sometimes with over or against.
When Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. -- Ex. xvii. 11.
So David prevailed over the Philistine. -- 1 Sam. xvii. 50.
This kingdom could never prevail against the united power of England. -- Swift.
Prevail (v. i.) To be in force; to have effect, power, or influence; to be predominant; to have currency or prevalence; to obtain; as, the practice prevails this day.
This custom makes the short-sighted bigots, and the warier skeptics, as far as it prevails. -- Locke.
Prevail (v. i.) To persuade or induce; -- with on, upon, or with; as, I prevailedon him to wait.
He was prevailed with to restrain the Earl. -- Clarendon.
Prevail upon some judicious friend to be your constant hearer, and allow him the utmost freedom. -- Swift.
Prevail (v.) Be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance; "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood" [syn: {predominate}, {dominate}, {rule}, {reign}, {prevail}].
Prevail (v.) Be valid, applicable, or true; "This theory still holds" [syn: {prevail}, {hold}, {obtain}].
Prevail (v.) Continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures" [syn: {prevail}, {persist}, {die hard}, {run}, {endure}].
Prevail (v.) Prove superior; "The champion prevailed, though it was a hard fight" [syn: {prevail}, {triumph}].
Prevail (v.) Use persuasion successfully; "He prevailed upon her to visit his parents."
Prevailing (a.) [Z] [B] 佔優勢的；主要的；流行的；普遍的 Having superior force or influence; efficacious; persuasive. -- Shak.
Saints shall assist thee with prevailing prayers. -- Rowe.
Prevailing (a.) Predominant; prevalent; most general; as, the prevailing disease of a climate; a prevailing opinion.
Syn: See {Prevalent}.
Prevailing (a.) Most frequent or common; "prevailing winds" [syn: {prevailing}, {prevalent}, {predominant}, {dominant}, {rife}].
Prevailingly (adv.) So as to prevail.
Prevailment (n.) Prevalence; superior influence; efficacy.
Prevalence (n.) [U] 流行，盛行；普遍，廣泛；（疾病等的）流行程度 The quality or condition of being prevalent; superior strength, force, or influence; general existence, reception, or practice; wide extension; as, the prevalence of virtue, of a fashion, or of a disease; the prevalence of a rumor.
The duke better knew what kind of argument were of prevalence with him. -- Clarendon.
Prevalence (n.) The quality of prevailing generally; being widespread; "he was surprised by the prevalence of optimism about the future."
Prevalence (n.) (Epidemiology) The ratio (for a given time period) of the number of occurrences of a disease or event to the number of units at risk in the population.
Prevalence (n.) A superiority in numbers or amount; "a preponderance of evidence against the defendant" [syn: {preponderance}, {prevalence}].
Prevalency (n.) See Prevalence.
Prevalent (a.) 流行的，盛行的；普遍的 [（+among/ in）]；【罕】優勢的 Gaining advantage or superiority; having superior force, influence, or efficacy; prevailing; predominant; successful; victorious.
Brennus told the Roman embassadors, that prevalent arms were as good as any title. -- Sir W. Raleigh.
Prevalent (a.) Most generally received or current; most widely adopted or practiced; also, generally or extensively existing; widespread; prevailing; as, a prevalent observance; prevalent disease.
This was the most received and prevalent opinion. -- Woodward.
Syn: Prevailing; predominant; successful; efficacious; powerful.
Usage: {Prevalent}, {Prevailing}. What customarily prevails is prevalent; as, a prevalent fashion. What actually prevails is prevailing; as, the prevailing winds are west. Hence, prevailing is the livelier and more pointed word, since it represents a thing in action. It is sometimes the stronger word, since a thing may prevail sufficiently to be called prevalent, and yet require greater strength to make it actually prevailing.
Prevalent (a.) Most frequent or common; "prevailing winds" [syn: {prevailing}, {prevalent}, {predominant}, {dominant}, {rife}].
Prevalently (adv.) In a prevalent manner.
Prevaricated (imp. & p. p.) of Prevaricate.
Prevaricating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prevaricate.
Prevaricate (v. i.) To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement.
Prevaricate (v. i.) To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.
Prevaricate (v. i.) To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
Prevaricate (v. t.) To evade by a quibble; to transgress; to pervert.
Prevaricate (v.) [ I ] (Formal) 支吾，搪塞，含糊其詞；顧左右而言他 To avoid telling the truth or saying exactly what you think.
// He accused the minister of prevaricating.
Prevarication (n.) 支吾，搪塞 The act of prevaricating, shuffling, or quibbling, to evade the truth or the disclosure of truth; a deviation from the truth and fair dealing.
Prevarication (n.) A secret abuse in the exercise of a public office.
Prevarication (n.) The collusion of an informer with the defendant, for the purpose of making a sham prosecution.
Prevarication (n.) A false or deceitful seeming to undertake a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
Prevaricator (n.) One who prevaricates.
Prevaricator (n.) (Roman Law) A sham dealer; one who colludes with a defendant in a sham prosecution.
Prevaricator (n.) One who betrays or abuses a trust. -- Prynne.
Prevaricator (n.) A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly [syn: liar, prevaricator] [ant: square shooter, straight arrow, straight shooter].
Prevaricator (n.) A liar in the caterpillar estate.
Preve (v. i. & i.) To prove. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Preve (n.) Proof. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Prevenance (n.) A going before; anticipation in sequence or order. "The law of prevenance is simply the well-known law of phenomenal sequence." -- Ward.
Prévenance (n. Feminine) 殷勤，關切；殷勤的言談或舉動 Thoughtfulness，Attention，Obligingness.
Prevenancy (n.) The act of anticipating another's wishes, desires, etc., in the way of favor or courtesy; hence, civility; obligingness. [Obs.] -- Sterne.
Prevene (v. t. & i.) 先…一步行動，佔先一步，壟斷，阻礙 To come before; to anticipate; hence, to hinder; to prevent. [Obs.] -- Philips.
Prevenience (n.) 預期；照料 The act of going before; anticipation. [R.]
Prevenient (a.) Going before; preceding; hence, preventive. "Prevenient grace descending." -- Milton.
Prevenient (a.) In anticipation [syn: anticipatory, prevenient].
Prevented (imp. & p. p.) of Prevent.
Preventing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prevent.
Prevent (v. t.) To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct. [Obs.]
We which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. -- 1 Thess. iv. 15.
We pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow us. -- Bk. of Common Prayer.
Then had I come, preventing Sheba's queen. -- Prior.
Prevent (v. t.) To be beforehand with; to anticipate. [Obs.]
Their ready guilt preventing thy commands. -- Pope.
Prevent (v. t.) To intercept; to hinder; to frustrate; to stop; to thwart. "This vile purpose to prevent." -- Shak.
Perhaps forestalling night prevented them. -- Milton.
Prevent (v. i.) To come before the usual time. [Obs.]
Strawberries . . . will prevent and come early. -- Bacon.
Prevent (v.) Keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project" [syn: prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid].
Prevent (v.) Stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles" [syn: prevent, keep] [ant: allow, let, permit].
Preventability (n.) The quality or state of being preventable.
Preventable (a.) Capable of being prevented or hindered; as, preventable diseases.
Preventable (a.) Capable of being prevented; "conscious of preventable human suffering" -- A.L.Guerard [ant: unpreventable].
Preventative (n.) That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.
Preventative (a.) Tending to prevent or hinder [syn: preventive, preventative] [ant: permissive].
Preventative (a.) Preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug" [syn: preventive, preventative, prophylactic].
Preventative (n.) Remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease; "the doctor recommended several preventatives" [syn: preventive, preventative, prophylactic].
Preventative (n.) Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome [syn: hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference].
Preventative (n.) An agent or device intended to prevent conception [syn: contraceptive, preventive, preventative, contraceptive device, prophylactic device, birth control device].
Preventer (n.) One who goes before; one who forestalls or anticipates another. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Preventer (n.) One who prevents or obstructs; a hinderer; that which hinders; as, a preventer of evils or of disease.
Preventer (n.) (Naut.) An auxiliary rope to strengthen a mast.
Preventer bolts, or Preventer plates (Naut.), Fixtures connected with preventers to re["e]nforce other rigging.
Preventer stay. (Naut.) Same as Preventer, 3.
Preventingly (adv.) So as to prevent or hinder.
Prevention (n.) 預防，防止；阻止，妨礙 [U]；【罕】預防方法；預防藥 The act of going, or state of being, before.
The greater the distance, the greater the prevention. -- Bacon.
Prevention (n.) Anticipation; esp., anticipation of needs or wishes; hence, precaution; forethought. [Obs.] -- Hammond. Shak.
Prevention (n.) The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting. -- South.
Casca, be sudden, for we fear prevention. -- Shak.
Prevention (n.) Prejudice; prepossession. [A Gallicism] -- Dryden.
Prevention (n.) The act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza" [syn: {prevention}, {bar}].
Prevention (n.) Civil and French law. The right of a judge to take cognizance of an action over which he has concurrent jurisdiction with another judge.
Prevention (n.) In Pennsylvania it has been ruled that a justice of the peace cannot take cognizance of a cause which has been previously decided by another justice. 2 Dall. 77; Id. 114.
Preventional (a.) Tending to prevent. [Obs.]
Preventive (a.) 預防的，防止的；防病的 [Z] Going before; preceding. [Obs.]
Any previous counsel or preventive understanding. -- Cudworth.
Preventive (a.) Tending to defeat or hinder; obviating; preventing the access of; as, a medicine preventive of disease.
Physic is either curative or preventive. -- Sir T. Browne.
Preventive service, The duty performed by the armed police in guarding the coast against smuggling. [Eng]
Preventive (n.) 預防法，預防措施；預防物；預防藥 [C] That which prevents, hinders, or obstructs; that which intercepts access; in medicine, something to prevent disease; a prophylactic.
Preventive (a.) Preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug" [syn: preventive, preventative, prophylactic].
Preventive (a.) Tending to prevent or hinder [syn: preventive, preventative] [ant: permissive].
Preventive (n.) Remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease; "the doctor recommended several preventatives" [syn: preventive, preventative, prophylactic].
Preventive (n.) Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome [syn: hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference].
Preventive (n.) An agent or device intended to prevent conception [syn: contraceptive, preventive, preventative, contraceptive device, prophylactic device, birth control device].
Preventively (adv.) In a preventive manner.
Prevertebral (a.) (Anat.) Situated immediately in front, or on the ventral side, of the vertebral column; prespinal.
Previous (a.) 先的，前的，以前的 [B]；【口】過早的，過急的 [F] [（+in/ about）] Going before in time; being or happening before something else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness.
The dull sound . . . previous to the storm, Rolls o'er the muttering earth. -- Thomson.
Previous question. (Parliamentary Practice) See under Question, and compare Closure.
Previous to, Before; -- often used adverbially for previously. "Previous to publication." -- M. Arnold. "A policy . . . his friends had advised previous to 1710." -- J. H. Newman.
Syn: Antecedent; preceding; anterior; prior; foregoing; former.
Previous (a.) Just preceding something else in time or order; "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger" [syn: {previous(a)}, {old}].
Previous (a.) (Used especially of persons) Of the immediate past; "the former president"; "our late President is still very active"; "the previous occupant of the White House" [syn: {former(a)}, {late(a)}, {previous(a)}].
Previous (a.) Too soon or too hasty; "our condemnation of him was a bit previous"; "a premature judgment" [syn: {previous(p)}, {premature}].
Previously (adv.) 事先；以前；【美】【口】倉促地；不成熟地 Beforehand; antecedently; as, a plan previously formed.
Previously (adv.) At an earlier time or formerly; "she had previously lived in Chicago"; "he was previously president of a bank"; "better than anything previously proposed"; "a previously unquestioned attitude"; "antecedently arranged" [syn: {previously}, {antecedently}].
Previousness (n.) The quality or state of being previous; priority or antecedence in time.
Previse (v. t.) 預知；預言；預料；警告 To foresee. [R.]
Previse (v. t.) To inform beforehand; to warn. -- Ld. Lytton.
Previse (v.) Warn in advance or beforehand; give an early warning; "I forewarned him of the trouble that would arise if he showed up at his ex-wife's house" [syn: forewarn, previse].
Previse (v.) Realize beforehand [syn: anticipate, previse, foreknow, foresee].
Prevision (n.) 預知；先見 Foresight; foreknowledge; prescience. -- H. Spencer.
Prevision (n.) A prophetic vision (as in a dream).
Prevision (n.) The power to foresee the future [syn: {prescience}, {prevision}].
Prevision (n.) Seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing [syn: {prevision}, {foresight}, {farsightedness}, {prospicience}].
Prevision (n.) The act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) [syn: {prediction}, {anticipation}, {prevision}].
Prevoyant (a.) Foreseeing; prescient. [R.] -- Mrs. Oliphant.
Prewarned (imp. & p. p.) of Prewarn.
Prewarning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prewarn.
Prewarn (v. t. & i.) 預先警告；事先告知 To warn beforehand; to forewarn. [R.]
Prey (n.) [U] 被捕食的動物 [S1] [（+for/ to）]；犧牲者；犧牲品 [S1] [（+for/ to）] Anything, as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; anything taken by force from an enemy in war; spoil; booty; plunder.
Prey (n.) That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured; hence, a person given up as a victim.
Prey (n.) The act of devouring other creatures; ravage.
Prey (n.) An animal that is hunted or killed by another animal for food.
Prey (n.) Someone who is easily harmed or affected in a bad way by someone or something.
Prey (n.) (Plural prey also preys.) 1 : (archaic :) Spoil, Booty.
Prey (n.) An animal taken by a predator as food.
Prey (n.) One that is helpless or unable to resist attack : Victim <was prey to his own appetites>.
Prey (n.) The act or habit of preying.
Preyed (imp. & p. p.) of Prey.
Preying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prey.
Prey (v. i.) [(+on/ upon)] 捕食，攫食；掠奪，劫掠；詐取 To take booty; to gather spoil; to ravage; to take food by violence.
Prey (n.) A person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence; "he fell prey to muggers"; "everyone was fair game"; "the target of a manhunt" [syn: {prey}, {quarry}, {target}, {fair game}].
Prey (n.) Animal hunted or caught for food [syn: {prey}, {quarry}].
Prey (v.) Profit from in an exploitatory manner; "He feeds on her insecurity" [syn: {prey}, {feed}].
Prey (v.) Prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs" [syn: {raven}, {prey}, {predate}].
Preyer (n.) One who, or that which, preys; a plunderer; a waster; a devourer. -- Hooker.
Preyful (a.) Disposed to take prey. [Obs.]
The preyful brood of savage beasts. -- Chapman.
Preyful (a.) Rich in prey. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Prezygapophyses (n. pl. ) of Prezygapophysis.
Prezygapophysis (n.) An anterior zygapophysis.
Prial (n.) A corruption of pair royal. See under Pair, n.
Prian (n.) A fine, white, somewhat friable clay; also, the ore contained in a mixture of clay and pebbles.
Priapean (n.) A species of hexameter verse so constructed as to be divisible into two portions of three feet each, having generally a trochee in the first and the fourth foot, and an amphimacer in the third; -- applied also to a regular hexameter verse when so constructed as to be divisible into two portions of three feet each.
Priapic (a.) 陰莖的；崇拜男性生殖器的；非常雄勁的；很有男性氣概的 Overly concerned with masculinity and male sexuality; "priapic episodes"; "priapic victories."
Priapic (a.) Resembling or being a phallus; "a phallic symbol"; "phallic eroticism"; "priapic figurines" [syn: {phallic}, {priapic}].
Priapism (n.) 【醫】陰莖持續勃起症；好色 More or less permanent erection and rigidity of the penis, with or without sexual desire.
Priapulacea (n. pl.) (Zool.) A suborder of Gephyraea, having a cylindrical body with a terminal anal opening, and usually with one or two caudal gills.
Pricasour (n.) A hard rider.
Price (n.) 價格，價錢 [C]； 代價 [S] [（+of/ for）]；懸賞；獎賞；賄賂 [C] The sum or amount of money at which a thing is valued, or the value which a seller sets on his goods in market; that for which something is bought or sold, or offered for sale; equivalent in money or other means of exchange; current value or rate paid or demanded in market or in barter; cost. "Buy wine and milk without money and without price." -- Isa. lv. 1.
We can afford no more at such a price. --Shak.
Price (n.) Value; estimation; excellence; worth.
Her price is far above rubies. -- Prov. xxxi. 10.
New treasures still, of countless price. -- Keble.
Price (n.) Reward; recompense; as, the price of industry.
'T is the price of toil, The knave deserves it when he tills the soil. -- Pope.
{Price current}, or {Price list}, A statement or list of the prevailing prices of merchandise, stocks, specie, bills of exchange, etc., published statedly or occasionally.
Priced (imp. & p. p.) of Price.
Pricing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Price.
Price (v. t.) 給……定價；給……標價 [O] [H]；【口】問……的價格 To pay the price of. [Obs.]
With thine own blood to price his blood. -- Spenser.
Price (v. t.) To set a price on; to value. See {Prize}.
Price (v. t.) To ask the price of; as, to price eggs. [Colloq.]
Price (n.) The property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold); "the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver"; "he puts a high price on his services"; "he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection" [syn: {monetary value}, {price}, {cost}].
Price (n.) The amount of money needed to purchase something; "the price of gasoline"; "he got his new car on excellent terms"; "how much is the damage?" [syn: {price}, {terms}, {damage}].
Price (n.) Value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something; "the cost in human life was enormous"; "the price of success is hard work"; "what price glory?" [syn: {price}, {cost}, {toll}].
Price (n.) The high value or worth of something; "her price is far above rubies."
Price (n.) A monetary reward for helping to catch a criminal; "the cattle thief has a price on his head."
Price (n.) Cost of bribing someone; "they say that every politician has a price."
Price (n.) United States operatic soprano (born 1927) [syn: {Price}, {Leontyne Price}, {Mary Leontyne Price}].
Price (v.) Determine the price of; "The grocer priced his wares high."
Price (v.) Ascertain or learn the price of; "Have you priced personal computers lately?"
Price (n.) Value, plus a reasonable sum for the wear and tear of conscience in demanding it.
Price (n.) Contracts. The consideration in money given for the purchase of a thing.
Price (n.) There are three requisites to the quality of a price in order to make a sale.
Price (n.) It must be serious, and such as may be demanded: if, therefore, a person were to sell me an article, and by the agreement, reduced to writing, he were to release me from the payment, the transaction would no longer be a sale, but a gift, Poth. Vente, n. 18.
Price (n.) The second quality of a price is, that the price be certain and determinate; but what may be rendered certain is considered as certain if, therefore, I sell a thing at a price to be fixed by a third person, this is sufficiently certain, provided the third person make a valuation and fix the price. Poth. Vente, n. 23, 24.
Price (n.) The third quality of a price is, that it consists in money, to be paid down, or at a future time, for if it be of any thing else, it will no longer be a price, nor the contract a sale, but exchange or barter. Poth. Vente, n. 30; 16 Toull. n. 147.
Price (n.) The true price of a thing is that for which things of a like nature and quality are usually sold in the place where situated, if real property; or in the place where exposed to sale, if personal. Poth. Contr. de Vente, n. 243. The first price or cost of a thing does not always afford a sure criterion of its value. It may have been bought very dear or very cheap. Marsh. Ins. 620, et seq.; Ayliffe's Pand. 447; Merlin, Repert. h.t.; 4 Pick. 179; 8 Pick. 252; 16 Pick. 227.
Price (n.) In a declaration in trover it is usual, when the chattel found is a living one, to lay it as of such a price when dead, of such a value. 8 Wentw. Pl. 372, n; 2 Lilly's Ab. 629. Vide Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.; Adjustment; Inadequacy of price; Pretium affectionis