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At what price; how dear. [Obs.] How a score of ewes now Shak.

Changing and uncertain states of mind; caprices; freaks; vagaries; whims. Is my friend all perfection, all virtue and discretion Has he not humors to be endured South.

Subject to be governed by humor or caprice; irregular; capricious; whimsical. Hawthorne. Rough as a storm and humorous as the wind. Dryden.

n or to the property of his debtor, in virtue of which he may cause it to be sold and the price appropriated in payment of his debt. This is a right in the thing, or jus in re. Pothier. B. R. Curtis. There are but few cases, if any, in our law, where an hypothecation, in the strict sense of the Roman law, exists; that…

To increase; to be enhanced; to rise in value; as, the price of cotton improves. To improve on or upon, to make useful additions or amendments to, or changes in; to bring nearer to perfection; as, to improve on the mode of tillage.

c., exacted directly from the merchant, but paid indirectly by the consumer in the higher price demanded for the articles of merchandise.

y by compliance; to humor; to withhold restraint from; as, to indulge children in their caprices or willfulness; to indulge one's self with a rest or in pleasure. Hope in another life implies that we indulge ourselves in the gratifications of this very sparingly. Atterbury.

ted; especially, too valuable or excellent to be measured or fully appreciated; above all price; as, inestimable rights or privileges. But above all, for thine inestimable love. Bk. of Com. Prayer. Science is too inestimable for expression by a money standard. Lyon Playfair.

Distended or enlarged fictitiously; as, inflated prices, etc.

Valuable beyond estimation; inestimable; priceless; precious.

of merchandise shipped or sent to a purchaser, consignee, factor, etc., with the value or prices and charges annexed. Wharton.

A piece of chance or occasional work; any definite work undertaken in gross for a fixed price; as, he did the job for a thousand dollars.

An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice. [Colloq.] Cozzens.

A job, price, or profit. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

The price paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter.

usual or remunerative rate or amount, or the ordinary value; moderate; cheap; as, the low price of corn; low wages.

To reduce in value, amount, etc. ; as, to lower the price of goods, the rate of interest, etc.

The difference between the cost and the selling price of an article.

An opportunity for selling anything; demand, as shown by price offered or obtainable; a town, region, or country, where the demand exists; as, to find a market for one's wares; there is no market for woolen cloths in that region; India is a market for English goods. There is a third thing to be considered: how a market…

Fit for market; such as is usually sold in market, or such as will bring the ordinary price; as, merchantable wheat; sometimes, a technical designation for a particular kind or class.