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misprice en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English price English misprice From mis- + price.

Meanings

  1. To price incorrectly or unsuitably.
    • Instead, in all contexts, markets instill antisocial motivations in buyers and sellers, misprice items that are exchanged, misdirect aims regarding what to produce in what quantities and by what means, misremunerate producers, introduce class division and class rule, and embody an imperial logic that spreads itself throughout economic life. 2008, Chris Spannos, Real Utopia: Participatory Society for the 21st Century, page 96:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
mispriced Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
mispriced Tense=Past lexicographic
mispricing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
misprices Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic