sticker price

noun

: a manufacturer's suggested retail price that is printed on a sticker and affixed to a new automobile

broadly : the stated cost of something

a computer with a high sticker price

Examples of sticker price in a Sentence

We managed to negotiate 15 percent off the sticker price.

The speakers are excellent and well worth the sticker price.

Recent Examples on the Web

Average sticker prices at public colleges — what students pay before financial aid is applied — have crept up but at a rate that is less than inflation, according to the annual Trends in College Pricing and Student Aid report. — Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2026

Universities responded by raising tuition to a sticker price that embarrasses the word tuition. — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2026

Detroit automakers swapped out their lineups of compact coupes and sedans in favor of small crossover SUVs, which tend to carry slightly higher sticker prices than comparably sized passenger cars. — Robert Ferris, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2026

Purdy told me that Slate is staying the course with the $24,950 sticker price. — Eric Bangeman, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sticker price

• imprecise
• sacrifice
• advice
• allspice
• concise
• device
• entice
• excise
• fordyce
• precise
• suffice
• dice