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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PRE-PYR |
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PRICE , the equivalent in money for which a commodity is sold or purchased
wages , reward, Gr. 7r0rpaQrceev, to sell, &c. The O. Fr. pris, mod. prix, was taken from a Late
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boxing contest for money, the 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 Dictionary compares the Greek use of aBXov, literally reward, hence contest. " Prize " in the sense of that which is captured in war, especially at sea, is a distinct word. It comes through the Fr. prise, early Romanic presa for prensa, from Lat. praehendere, to seize, capture. For the international
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