: 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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Porto’s Samu Aghehowa, the 21-year-old striker, is viewed as an exciting prospect, though his likely asking price may prove prohibitive.—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025 The lowest, in records dating to 2012, was January 2015, when 14% sold above asking price.—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Dec. 2025 The pendulum has swung so far the other way that delistings soared this year as sellers became fed up with offers coming in below asking prices and took their homes off the market.—Jason Ma, Fortune, 27 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 See All Example Sentences for asking price
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