prise

  • (noun): The cost required to gain possession of something.
  • (noun): The cost of an action or deed.
  • (noun): Value; estimation; excellence; worth.
  • (noun): An enterprise or adventure.
  • (verb): To force (open) with a lever; to pry.
  • (noun): That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
  • (noun): Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; especially, property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.
  • (noun): An honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort.
  • (noun): That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.
  • (noun): Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.
  • (noun): A contest for a reward; competition.
  • (noun): A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever.
  • I paid a high price for my folly.