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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Price \Price\, n. [OE. pris, OF. pris, F. prix, L. pretium; cf. Gr. ? I sell ? to buy, Skr. pa? to buy, OI. renim I sell. Cf. Appreciate, Depreciate, Interpret, Praise, n. & v., Precious, Prize.] 1. The sum or amount of money at which a thing is valued, or the value which a seller sets on his goods in market; that for which something is bought or sold, or offered for sale; equivalent in money or other means of exchange; current value or rate paid or demanded in market or in barter; cost. "Buy wine and milk without money and without price." --Isa. lv. 1. [1913 Webster] We can afford no more at such a price. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Value; estimation; excellence; worth. [1913 Webster] Her price is far above rubies. --Prov. xxxi. 10. [1913 Webster] New treasures still, of countless price. --Keble. [1913 Webster] 3. Reward; recompense; as, the price of industry. [1913 Webster] 'T is the price of toil, The knave deserves it when he tills the soil. --Pope. [1913 Webster] Price current, or Price list, a statement or list of the prevailing prices of merchandise, stocks, specie, bills of exchange, etc., published statedly or occasionally. [1913 Webster]
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

PRICE CURRENT. The price for which goods, usually sell in the market. A printed newspaper containing a list of such prices is also called a price current.