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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Ducati has just refreshed its Multistrada V4 Rally – the most off-road capable in its line of performance adventure touring motorcycles – after three years, with a bunch of tech upgrades to make long journeys more comfortable and justify the slightly higher sticker price. Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2025 And as sticker prices tick up, enrollment at many private liberal arts colleges is on the sharp decline. Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025 The base window sticker price for this plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) edition is $73,100. Tony Leopardo, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2025 With fewer people buying EVs in the coming months, automakers are weighing where to set sticker prices and incentive levels to maintain some baseline of demand. Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 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 15 Oct. 2025.

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