figure; demand, damage; fare, hire, wages &c (remuneration) 973; value
&c 812.1.
dues, duty, toll, tax, impost, cess†, sess†, tallage†, levy;
abkari†; capitation tax, poll tax; doomage [U.S.], likin†; gabel†,
gabelle†; gavel, octroi†, custom, excise, assessment, benevolence,
tithe, tenths, exactment†, ransom, salvage, tariff; brokerage, wharfage,
freightage.
bill &c (account) 811; shot.
V. bear a price, set a price, fix a price; appraise, assess, doom
[U.S.], price, charge, demand, ask, require, exact, run up; distrain;
run up a bill &c (debt) 806; have one's price; liquidate.
amount to, come to, mount up to; stand one in.
fetch, sell for, cost, bring in, yield, afford.
Adj. priced &c v.; to the tune of, ad valorem; dutiable; mercenary,
venal.
Phr. no penny no paternoster [Lat.]; point d'argent point de Suisse
[Fr.], no longer pipe no longer dance, no song no supper, if you dance
you have to pay the piper, you get what you pay for, there's no such
thing as a free lunch.
one may have it for; a bon marche [Fr.].
812a. Value [intrinsic worth] — N. {ant.
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.