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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What To Know According to Altos data, an increasing number of sellers nationwide are lowering their asking prices to attract reluctant buyers, with 33.5 percent of homes currently listed for sale on the market having taken a price reduction from their original list price. Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025 Chelsea have revised their asking price for the midfielder to €15million. James McNicholas, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025 The East Dundee Village Board has decided to sell the 6,500-square-foot commercial space being built as part a downtown municipal parking deck, setting the starting asking price at $500,000. Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025 That type of MicroLED technology is very, very expensive, and this concept will hopefully result in a TV that falls well below the $220,000 asking price The Wall's 4K options start at. Will Greenwald, PCMAG, 10 Jan. 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 24 Jan. 2025.

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