asking price

noun

: the price at which something is offered for sale

Examples of asking price in a Sentence

The original asking price for the car was $20,000, but I was eventually able to buy it for $18,000.
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Some teams found the asking prices far too expensive at a time when six teams in the Eastern Conference and three in the West are within five points of a playoff spot with six weeks left in the season. Stephen Whyno, The Denver Post, 6 Mar. 2025 But many are on the back end of their careers, so the asking price for Metcalf could be quite high. Ryan Morik, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2025 Finally, a lot of home sellers are reducing their asking prices as their properties linger on the market unsold. Nerdwallet, Orange County Register, 4 Mar. 2025 The asking price is a smidge under $4 million, which is around $2 million more than the former Padres pitcher and his wife Kathy doled out for the modern coastal retreat in the upscale Sunset Cliffs neighborhood back in spring 2017. Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for asking price

Word History

First Known Use

1755, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of asking price was in 1755

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“Asking price.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/asking%20price. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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