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Price of anarchy
The price of anarchy (PoA) is a game theory measure of how much a system's efficiency degrades when participants act selfishly, the worst Nash equilibrium's cost divided by the optimum's.
Price of oil
The price of oil is the market price of crude oil, quoted in U.S. dollars per barrel and tracked through benchmarks such as Brent, WTI, and Dubai/Oman.
Price skimming
Price skimming is a pricing strategy that launches a new product at a high price, then lowers it in stages to reach more price-sensitive buyers.
Price taker
A price taker is a producer or consumer who cannot influence market price and decides only how much to buy or sell at the going price.
Price-Anderson Act
The Price-Anderson Act, a United States federal law enacted in 1957, governs liability for nuclear accidents, requiring private insurance backed by an industry-funded secondary layer of about $16.1 billion.
Price-cap regulation
Price-cap regulation is a form of utility regulation in which the regulator sets a maximum price in advance, letting the firm keep profits from cutting costs below it.
Price-to-book ratio
The price-to-book (P/B) ratio divides a company's stock price by the book value of equity per share, and is widely used in value investing and bank analysis.
Price-weighted index
A price-weighted index is a stock market index weighted by share price rather than company size, exemplified by the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Japan's Nikkei 225.
Price–earnings ratio
The price–earnings ratio (P/E), or earnings multiple, is a stock's price divided by its earnings per share, with trailing, forward, and Shiller CAPE variants used in valuation.
Price–sales ratio
The price–sales ratio (P/S) is a valuation multiple dividing a company's market capitalization by its revenue, used mainly where earnings-based multiples fail, such as unprofitable companies.
Priceless (2006 film)
Priceless, originally titled Hors de prix, is a 2006 French romantic comedy directed by Pierre Salvadori and starring Audrey Tautou as a gold digger and Gad Elmaleh as a hotel bartender.
Priceless (song)
Priceless (song): 2025 pop single by Maroon 5 featuring Blackpink's LISA, released May 2, 2025 on Interscope as lead single of Love Is Like; guitar-driven, Mr. & Mrs. Smith-themed video, Hot 100 No. 76.
Priceline.com
Priceline.com, also known as Priceline.com Inc, is an American online travel agency founded by Jay Walker in 1997 and known for its Name Your Own Price bidding model.
Prichal
Prichal (Причал), Russian for "pier," is a spherical docking node module of the Russian segment of the International Space Station, launched and docked in November 2021.
Prichard Colón
Prichard Colón (1992–2026), Puerto Rican welterweight, undefeated prospect left in a vegetative state by illegal rabbit punches from Terrel Williams on October 17, 2015; 221-day coma, WBC honorary champion, namesake of the Prichard Colón Rule; died August 13, 2026, aged 33.
Pricing
Pricing, or price determination, is the process of setting a price for a good or service, studied as a market outcome and as a firm's strategic decision.
Pricing strategies
A pricing strategy is a firm's plan for setting and adjusting prices to capture value, spanning skimming, penetration, value-based, and dynamic pricing, with legal limits on algorithmic and discriminatory pricing.
Prick (slang)
Prick is an English slang word for the penis and, as an insult, for a contemptible or stupid man. From Old English prica (sharp point), its sexual sense is first recorded in the 1590s (OED: 1592) and the insulting sense by 1929.
Pricot de Sainte-Marie steles
The Pricot de Sainte-Marie steles are over 2,000 Punic votive steles dug up at Carthage in 1874–1875, most salvaged after the ship carrying them sank at Toulon.
Priddy Circles
Priddy Circles: four large Neolithic circular enclosures with external ditches and internal banks near Priddy, Mendip Hills, Somerset; formative henges, three in a NNE-SSW line, dated before 2870 cal BC, Scheduled Monument 1015498.
Priddy Nine Barrows
Priddy Nine Barrows: linear Bronze Age round barrow cemetery of nine bowl barrows on North Hill, Priddy, Mendip Hills, Somerset; scheduled monument 1010506, excavated partly by Skinner in 1815, near Ashen Hill barrows and the Priddy Circles.
Pride
Pride is a self-conscious emotion that arises when a goal is attained and others recognize and approve the achievement, covering both genuine accomplishment and arrogance.
Pride (2014 film)
Pride (2014), Matthew Warchus's comedy-drama written by Stephen Beresford, dramatizes Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners, London gay activists who funded Welsh strikers in the 1984–85 miners' strike; Cannes Queer Palm and BAFTA-winning, released 12 September 2014.
Pride (comics)
The Pride (comics) is a Marvel supervillain team of six couples, twelve parents of the Runaways, debuting in Runaways #1 (July 2003) by Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona. They control Los Angeles crime and serve the Gibborim through soul sacrifices.
Pride (In the Name of Love)
Pride (In the Name of Love) is U2's 1984 Martin Luther King Jr. tribute, lead single of The Unforgettable Fire, produced by Eno and Lanois, the band's first US Top 40 hit at number 33 Billboard.
Pride (musical)
Pride is a 2026 British stage musical based on the 2014 film, with book and lyrics by Stephen Beresford, music by Christopher Nightingale, Josh Cohen, and DJ Walde, directed by Matthew Warchus. It premiered at Cardiff's Sherman Theatre and the National Theatre's Dorfman before transferring to the Bridge Theatre in November 2026.
Pride & Prejudice (2005 film)
Pride & Prejudice is a 2005 romantic drama directed by Joe Wright, starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen in Jane Austen's story of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy.
Pride and Glory (film)
Pride and Glory is a 2008 American crime drama directed by Gavin O'Connor, starring Edward Norton, Colin Farrell, Jon Voight, and Noah Emmerich as a NYPD family torn by a corruption investigation; released October 24, 2008 by Warner Bros.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen's 1813 three-volume novel (originally First Impressions), published anonymously by Thomas Egerton; Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy's courtship, the Longbourn entail, free indirect discourse, and over 20 million copies sold.
Pride and Prejudice (1940 film)
Pride and Prejudice (1940) is MGM's feature film of Jane Austen's novel, directed by Robert Z. Leonard, starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier, with Aldous Huxley co-writing; it moved the story to the 1830s/40s and won the Oscar for black and white art direction.