Priceiness

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The quality of being expensive or costly in financial terms
2. the state of requiring significant monetary expenditure for goods or services
3. a characteristic that implies a high level of financial demand or worth

Etymology: "Priceiness" is simply "pricey" with the suffix "-ness" attached. "Pricey" itself is an informal adjective, a derivative of "price," which came into English from Old French "pris," meaning "worth" or "value," and ultimately from Latin "pretium," meaning "reward" or "value." The earliest sense of "price" was therefore about worth in general rather than money specifically. The suffix "-y" turns the noun into an adjective meaning "characterized by" or "somewhat," so "pricey" means having a high price, and "-ness" then converts that adjective into a noun naming the quality itself. This is a regular, transparent formation, and "priceiness" is rarely used, since "expensiveness" or "costliness" are more common.

Synonyms: costliness, expensiveness, value, worth, high price

Antonyms: cheapness, affordability, inexpensiveness, low cost, discount