just price

noun

1

: a price conforming to the doctrine developed in antiquity and elaborated in the medieval period that price should in general correspond to the cost of production

2

: a price approved by common estimate, determined by a legal maximum, or conforming to some other standard of rightness or equity

Word History

Etymology

translation of Medieval Latin justum pretium

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