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 Green Gable Estate, which covers a total of 74 acres, took a price cut from its May asking price of $125 million. Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025 Many homeowners, anchored to pandemic-era expectations even as the housing market tilts in favor of buyers, would rather pull their listings or let deals fall through than cut asking prices too far or agree to costly concessions. Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025 No one else came close to the asking price (six players, including three high-level prospects). Brittany Ghiroli, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025 That gridlock has forced some sellers to slash asking prices or pull their listings off the market altogether. Sydney Lake, Fortune, 22 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 23 Oct. 2025.

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