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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That gridlock has forced some sellers to slash asking prices or pull their listings off the market altogether. Sydney Lake, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025 The 12-bedroom, 24-bathroom home's asking price had been set at the amount since May, after the couple originally put the property on the market in July 2024 for $68 million. Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025 The house, which Van Nguyen views as a starter home, sold for the asking price of $390,000 and their monthly costs — including mortgage payments, property taxes, insurance, utilities — are about $2,800. Lizzie Kane, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025 Knox also suggested that the likely asking price from the Browns would be a conditional 2026 seventh-round pick. Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for asking price

Word History

First Known Use

1755, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 29 Sep. 2025.

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