list price

noun

: the basic price of an item as published in a catalog, price list, or advertisement before any discounts are taken

Examples of list price in a Sentence

The car's list price was $30,000, but the actual selling price was less. We were given a 10 percent discount off the list price.
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For example, Xeljanz has a list price of $6,000 to $7,000. Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025 Westchester’s median home list price hit $729,999 in August—far above the national median of $429,990. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025 Geekom makes a wide variety of models, many of which land on our roundup of the best Windows mini PCs, and the A8 stacks up nicely, especially at 21% off list price. PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025 The overall average was 97% of the list price. Gary Klien, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for list price

Word History

First Known Use

1871, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of list price was in 1871

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“List price.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/list%20price. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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list price

noun
: the retail price of an item as published in a catalog, price list, or advertisement

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