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priser

Pronunciation: /pʁi.ze/

“priser” is a French word. Its 3 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to snuff, take snuff (to inhale a drug or other substance through the nose)
  2. to price (fix a price according to market forces)
  3. to prize (consider something valuable)

In French

  1. Aspirer par le nez (du tabac, ou une autre substance: cocaïne, etc.).
  2. Apprécier, considérer quelque chose comme ayant de la valeur.
  3. Fixer un prix en réponse à une demande sur un marché ou la valeur d’un bien ou d’un instrument financier, pour des raisons comptables, que ce soit sur un marché organisé ou un marché de gré à gré.

Etymology

Verbalization of prise, itself a deverbalization of prise, the feminine past participle of prendre (“to take”).

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