ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

to 812b} worth, rate, value, intrinsic value, quality; par value.
[estimated value] valuation, appraisal, assessment, appraisement.
[value as estimated in a market] price current, market price, quotation; fair price,
going price; what it will fetch &c v.; what the market will bear.
money's worth; penny's worth &c; worth.
cost (price) 812.
V. value, esteem; appreciate.
[estimate value] appraise, evaluate, assess.
Adj. valuable, estimable; worthwhile; worthy, full of worth.
precious (expensive) 814.
Phr. worth the price; worth a king's ransom; accountants who know the price of
everything and the value of nothing.
812b. Worthlessness -- N. {ant.
to 812a} worthlessness, valuelessness † ; lack of value; uselessness.
[low value] cheapness, shoddiness; low quality, poor quality.
[worthless item] trash, garbage.
Adj. worthless, valueless; useless.
[of low value] cheap, shoddy; slapdash.
inexpensive &c 815.
Phr. not worth the paper it's printed on, not worth a sou.
813. Discount -- N. discount, abatement, concession, reduction, depreciation, allowance;
qualification, set-off, drawback, poundage, agio † , percentage; rebate, rebatement † ;
backwardation, contango † ; salvage; tare and tret † .
sale, bargain; half price; price war.
wholesale, wholesale price; dealer's price; trade price.
coupon, discount coupon, cents-off coupon; store coupon, manufacturer's coupon;
double coupon discount, triple coupon discount.
V. discount, bate; abate, rebate; reduce, price down, mark down take off, allow, give,
make allowance; tax.
Adj. discounting &c v..
Adv. at a discount, below par; at wholesale; have a friend in the business.
814. Dearness -- N. dearness &c adj.; high price, famine price, fancy price; overcharge;
extravagance; exorbitance, extortion; heavy pull upon the purse.
V. be dear &c adj.; cost much, cost a pretty penny; rise in price, look up.
[demand a price in excess of value] overcharge, bleed, fleece, extort.
[pay a price in excess of value] pay too much, pay through the nose, pay too dear for
one's whistle, pay top dollar.
Adj. dear; high, high priced; of great price, expensive, costly, precious; worth a Jew's
eye † , dear bought.
at a premium.
not to be had, not to be had for love or money; beyond price, above price, priceless, of
priceless value.