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asking price


asking price

noun

: the price that is asked for by a person who is selling something

Full Definition of ASKING PRICE

:  the price at which something is offered for sale
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Examples of ASKING PRICE

  1. The original asking price for the car was $20,000, but I was eventually able to buy it for $18,000.

First Known Use of ASKING PRICE

1755

Rhymes with ASKING PRICE

break the ice, cockatrice, comma splice, dirty rice, edelweiss, hammer price, imprecise, market price, merchandise, on thin ice, overprice, paradise, point-device, reserve price, roll the dice, sacrifice, Spanish rice, sticker price, underprice, water ice, wellhead price

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