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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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The pendulum has swung so far the other way that delistings soared this year as sellers become fed up with offers coming in below asking prices and just take their homes off the market. Jason Ma, Fortune, 22 Nov. 2025 Leica is a high-end brand, and the Q3M's asking price places it out of reach for many photographers. PC Magazine, 20 Nov. 2025 Disney wants to bump its fee of however-many dollars per sub, while YouTube TV would just as soon cough up an amount below Disney’s asking price. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 14 Nov. 2025 That puts pressure on sellers to lower their asking price to be more competitive. Lauren Sommer, NPR, 12 Nov. 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 27 Nov. 2025.

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