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limit varying with different goods. See Prompt-note. To cover any probable difference of price which might arise before the expiration of the prompt, which for this article [tea] is three months. J. S. Mill.

To speak; to converse. [Obs.] There shalt thou find my cousin Beatrice, Proposing with the prince and Claudio. Shak.

One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder. Bouvier.

rchasable by it, as much as you take off from the value of money, so much you add to the price of things exchanged. Locke.

To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price; as, to purchase land, or a house. The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth. Gen. xxv. 10.

wn. (a) To lay down; to deposit; to set down. (b) To lower; to diminish; as, to put down prices. (c) To deprive of position or power; to put a stop to; to suppress; to abolish; to confute; as, to put down rebellion of traitors. Mark, how a plain tale shall put you down. Shak. Sugar hath put down the use of honey. Bacon…

Of or pertaining to the quadriceps.

One of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or one of the rectrices of the tail; also, the stock of such a feather.

A fit or turn; a short paroxysm; a caprice. [Obs.] "Quirks of joy and grief." Shak.

The naming or publishing of the current price of stocks, bonds, or any commodity; also the price named.

To name the current price of.

to advance; to enhance; as, to raise from a low estate; to raise to office; to raise the price, and the like. This gentleman came to be raised to great titles. Clarendon. The plate pieces of eight were raised three pence in the piece. Sir W. Temple.

To recover strength after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc.

The money or price paid for the redemption of a prisoner, or for goods captured by an enemy; payment for freedom from restraint, penalty, or forfeit. Thy ransom paid, which man from death redeems. Milton. His captivity in Austria, and the heavy ransom he paid for his liberty. Sir J. Davies/.

To set a certain estimate on; to value at a certain price or degree. To rate a man by the nature of his companions is a rule frequent indeed, but not infallible. South. You seem not high enough your joys to rate. Dryden.

ley. -- Ready reckoner, a book of tables for facilitating computations, as of interest, prices, etc. -- To make ready, to make preparation; to get in readiness.

Not excessive or immoderate; within due limits; proper; as, a reasonable demand, amount, price. Let . . . all things be thought upon That may, with reasonable swiftness, add More feathers to you wings. Shak.

ight recoup herself at Philip's cost. Froude. Industry is sometimes recouped for a small price by extensive custom. Duke of Argyll.

To purchase back; to regain possession of by payment of a stipulated price; to repurchase. If a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold. Lev. xxv. 29.

Paid for ransom; serving to redeem. "Hector's redemptory price." Chapman.