Meaning of prise in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• The cost required to gain possession of something.

• The cost of an action or deed.

  Example: I paid a high price for my folly.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.

• Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.

• A contest for a reward; competition.

• A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever.