sticker price

noun

: a manufacturer's suggested retail price that is printed on a sticker and affixed to a new automobile
broadly : the stated cost of something
a computer with a high sticker price

Examples of sticker price in a Sentence

We managed to negotiate 15 percent off the sticker price. The speakers are excellent and well worth the sticker price.
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Shop by cost per edible pound, not just the sticker price. Liz Regalia, Parents, 12 Nov. 2025 Others whose income is too high to qualify will no longer get a subsidy and will have to pay the full sticker price of plans sold on the marketplace. Sarah Volpenhein, jsonline.com, 6 Nov. 2025 The station’s dizzying sticker price has meant not just balance sheet costs but opportunity costs. Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 31 Oct. 2025 The base window sticker price for this high roof model is $50,860. Tony Leopardo, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sticker price

Word History

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sticker price was in 1959

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“Sticker price.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sticker%20price. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.

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