יוֹקֶר m. (יָקַר) [weight, importance,] 1) high price (opp. זול); dearth, scarcity. Maas. Sh. IV, 1 מקום י׳ where fruits are dear; B. Mets. 73ᵃ. Sabb. 32ᵇ והי׳ הוה and scarcity is permanent. Y. Hor. III, 48ᶜ top יין בי׳ wine is dear; a. fr. —2) nobility, aristocracy. Sot. IX, 15, a. e.; v. אָמַר II.