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.

Recent Examples on the Web

Companies will be looking to maintain profit margins without weakening sales by raising the sticker price too much. — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Washington and Lee University, for example, is the most expensive school on the list, with an annual sticker price near six figures. — Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026

Gaming equipment is infamous for sporting some scary sticker prices. — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 15 Aug. 2026

With private institutions, the sticker price is often far higher than what students end up paying. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sticker price

• imprecise
• sacrifice
• advice
• allspice
• concise
• device
• entice
• excise
• fordyce
• precise
• suffice
• dice