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list price
noun
: the basic price of an item as published in a catalog, price list, or advertisement before any discounts are taken
Examples of list price in a Sentence
The car's list price was $30,000, but the actual selling price was less.
We were given a 10 percent discount off the list price.
Recent Examples on the Web
Sitting at the top of the list is charming Pascagoula, Mississippi, where the March 2024 median list price for a home was an accessible $164,900
Pascagoula, a Gulf Coast city of about 22,000, is known for being the birthplace of Jimmy Buffett.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 30 May 2024
The pioneering treatment is expensive (the list price is $2.2 million), and may not be initially feasible in sub-Saharan Africa, where about 75% of people with sickle cell live.
—Don Steinberg, TIME, 30 May 2024
Real estate in the seaside town, which topped the list two years ago, has a median list price of $239,000.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2024
The medications, which belong to a class of drugs called glucagon-like peptide (GLP-1) receptor agonists, have list prices of over $1,000 per month.
—Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 15 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1871, in the meaning defined above
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“List price.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/list%20price. Accessed 17 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
list price
noun
: the retail price of an item as published in a catalog, price list, or advertisement
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