† ˈprizement Obs.
Also 6 prisement, 7 pricement.
[f. prize v.1 + -ment.]
The act of ‘prizing’ or valuing; valuation, appraisement.
| 1566 Richmond Wills (Surtees) 189 All theis to remayne at the house thare withoute prisement so longe as any of the Phillipson name shall dwell at the said house. 1631 Weever Anc. Fun. Mon. 274 According to the pricement at the suppression. a 1700 in Keble Life Bp. Wilson vi. (1863) 203 When sufficient men are sworn to prize children's goods..the executors..must take all things according to the prizement. |