hammer price

hammer price

noun

Definition of HAMMER PRICE

: the price at which an item is sold at auction

Origin of HAMMER PRICE

from the hammer used by the auctioneer to signal the auction's end

First Known Use: 1900

Rhymes with HAMMER PRICE

asking price, break the ice, cockatrice, comma splice, dirty rice, edelweiss, 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