From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfirst prize/placefirst prize/placeWINthe prize that is given to the best person or thing in a competitionwin/take first prize She won first prize in a painting competition.first prize/place of There is a first prize of £10,000. → first
Examples from the Corpus
first of• There is a first prize of £100 in vouchers and a crystal trophy.• The military alliance is offering a first prize of £130,000, as well as several runner-up prizes worth at least £60,000 each.• From Pentagon, specialists in office supplies, there's a first prize of £2,000-worth of the latest office furniture.• They receive the first prize of £4,000.• For the Sunday the pros would be on their own, battling it out for the first prize of £500,000.• But the first prize of $ 60,000 may have provided a clue.• The first place of any size enroute is Bottighofen.• Staloluokta, our first place of rest, is an oasis of delight. 