Price vs. prize

[njain]

Test No. incompl/elem-16 "Learn it by heart", question 8

For the whole of next week we are planning to sell our new dictionaries at a special ..........

(a) price
(b) prize
(c) prise

Test No. incompl/elem-16 "Learn it by heart", answer 8

For the whole of next week we are planning to sell our new dictionaries at a special price.

Correct answer: (a) price

Your answer was: incorrect
For the whole of next week we are planning to sell our new dictionaries at a special prize.
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why prize is the right word?

njain

[Torsten]

Price is the cost for a product (in this case, the dictionary).
A prize is an award such as the Nobel Prize.

In addition this explanation might be useful too:
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