pricing

/ˈpɹaɪsɪŋ/

pricing is the present participle and gerund of price.

Noun

pricing (countable and uncountable, plural pricings)

price (third-person singular simple present prices, present participle pricing, simple past and past participle priced)

(transitive) To determine the monetary value of (an item); to put a price on.
(transitive) To find out what something costs
- We priced a few laptops before deciding which one to buy.
(obsolete, transitive) To pay the price of; to make reparation for.
- Thou damned wight, / The author of this fact, we here behold, / What iustice can but iudge against thee right, / With thine owne bloud to price his bloud, here shed in sight.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
(obsolete, transitive) To set a price on; to value; to prize.

Synonyms:

esteem, evaluate, worthen, appraise, apprise, apprize, assess, judge, prize, rate
(colloquial, dated, transitive) To ask the price of.
- to price eggs

plural	pricings

What does pricing mean?: Pricing means the act of setting a price.
What is pricing the present participle and gerund of?: Pricing is the present participle and gerund of price.
What part of speech is pricing?: Pricing is a noun.
How do you pronounce pricing?: Pricing is pronounced /ˈpɹaɪsɪŋ/.
What is the plural of pricing?: The plural of pricing is pricings.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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