See Also: challenge(2)(dictionary)
challenge(1)(dictionary)
CHALLENGE(law)
Challenge For Cause(law)
Challenge test(health)
challenge 2, verb(dictionary)
challenge diet(medicine)
challenge 1, noun(dictionary)
Purchase(money)
purchase(1)(dictionary)

purchase price (oh) and challenge(2) (iou)


purchase price (oh)



n [singular]
formal the price that has to be paid for something, especially a house
::We borrowed 80% of the purchase price.

challenge(2) (iou)



challenge verb. ME.
[Old French c(h)alengier from Latin calumniari: see CALUMNIATE verb.]
I. verb trans.
Accuse, bring a charge against; bring as a charge. ME-L17.
P. Sidney To be challenged of unkindness.
a. Reprove; call to account. obsolete exc. Scot. ME.
Oxford English Dictionary I have never been challenged for crossing these fields.
b. (Of a sentry etc.) ask (a person) for a password etc.; call to respond (lit. & fig.). L18.
E. Hemingway Orders to challenge all travellers and ask to see their papers.
a. Lay claim to, demand as a right. (Foll. by that, to do.) arch. ME.
T. Herbert I challenge no thankes for what I publish.
b. Have a natural right or claim to, call for, (now spec. a responsive action or recognition, as attention, admiration, etc.). LME.
T. Brown Horace and Juvenal..challenge a superiority above all the rest.
Invite or summon to take part in a trial, contest, duel, discussion, etc.; dare, defy; present a challenge to; stimulate. (Foll. by to, to do.) LME.
Milton I..challenge Dagon to the test. C. Kingsley He challenges all comers to wrestle with him. J. Dickey A bad road always challenged him. J. Archer Inside the two-furlong markerHighclere and Rosalie move up to challenge Buoy.
b. Invite (emulous, hostile, or critical action of any kind). E17.
J. H. Blunt Challenging controversy in every possible way.
Call into question; dispute, deny. LME.
T. H. Huxley I do not presume to challenge its wisdom.
Law. Take exception or object to (a juror, evidence, etc.). L16.
Immunology. Give a dose that constitutes a challenge to (a person, an animal). M20.
II. verb intrans.
Issue a challenge to a duel etc. (arch.); present a challenge, offer interesting difficulties. LME.
Make or have a claim. rare (Shakes.). Only in E17.
Hunting. Of a hound: give tongue on finding a scent. L17.
Law. Take exception, object. L19.
challengeable adjective LME.
challenger noun LME.