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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City property records reveal that the Irish actor has offloaded his Manhattan pad for $10.3 million—about a half a million dollars short of the Upper West Side home’s asking price from earlier this year. India Roby, Architectural Digest, 5 Aug. 2025 The Pirates’ asking price as of a few days ago was two top-10 prospects for Bednar. Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 31 July 2025 Chicago Bulls assistant coach Wes Unseld Jr. in early July paid the $3.1 million asking price for a five-bedroom, 5,865-square-foot house in Lakeview. Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2025 Roughly one third of homes (35.7 percent) sold over asking price in June, down from nearly half (47.8 percent) a year earlier, according to Redfin. Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for asking price

Word History

First Known Use

1755, in the meaning defined above

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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 21 Aug. 2025.

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