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Disdain to put a price on a vessel (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spurn

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'disdain' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'put a price on a vessel' is the wordplay.
'put a price on' becomes 'sp' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'a vessel' becomes 'urn' (urn is a kind of vessel).
'sp'+'urn'='SPURN'

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(Other definitions for spurn that I've seen before include "Treat with contempt" , "Refuse with contempt" , "Despise" , "discard" , "Reject scornfully, rebuff" .)

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