Definition of prize

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Prize (n.) Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.

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Recaptor :: Recaptor (n.) One who recaptures; one who takes a prize which had been previously taken.
Rescue :: Rescue (v.) The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by the enemy.
Prise :: Prise (n. & v.) See Prize, n., 5. Also Prize, v. t..
Agonist :: Agonist (n.) One who contends for the prize in public games.
Walk-over :: Walk-over (n.) In racing, the going over a course by a horse which has no competitor for the prize; hence, colloquially, a one-sided contest; an uncontested, or an easy, victory..
Prize :: Prize (n.) Estimation; valuation.
Price :: Price (v. t.) To set a price on; to value. See Prize.
Plate :: Plate (n.) A prize giving to the winner in a contest.
Plume :: Plume (v.) A token of honor or prowess; that on which one prides himself; a prize or reward.
Disprize :: Disprize (v. t.) To depreciate.
Misprise :: Misprise (v. t.) See Misprize.
Overprize :: Overprize (v. t.) Toprize excessively; to overvalue.
Play :: Play (v. t.) To engage in, or go together with, as a contest for amusement or for a wager or prize; as, to play a game at baseball..
Recapture :: Recapture (n.) The act of retaking or recovering by capture; especially, the retaking of a prize or goods from a captor..
Value :: Value (v. t.) To rate highly; to have in high esteem; to hold in respect and estimation; to appreciate; to prize; as, to value one for his works or his virtues..
Lottery :: Lottery (n.) A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance; esp., a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, and the rest of tickets are blanks. Fig. : An affair of chance..
Jury :: "Jury (a.) A committee for determining relative merit or awarding prizes at an exhibition or competition; as, the art jury gave him the first prize..
Wage :: Wage (v. t.) That which is staked or ventured; that for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; gage.
Bottleholder :: Bottleholder (n.) One who attends a pugilist in a prize fight; -- so called from the bottle of water of which he has charge.
Pry :: Pry (v. t.) To raise or move, or attempt to raise or move, with a pry or lever; to prize..
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