asking price

noun

1. the price originally demanded by the seller, as before any reduction resulting from bargaining, discount, etc.

asking price

noun

1. the price suggested by a seller but usually considered to be subject to bargaining

Word History and Origins

Origin of asking price¹

First recorded in 1745–55

Example Sentences

Finding a home that you love at the right price – and having an offer accepted at or around the asking price, in some markets, seemed nearly impossible.

From Washington Blade

For the first time ever, a majority of houses are selling above their asking price … I see housing as a potential source of accelerating inflation.

From Time

There's something intuitively appealing to the idea of game publishers trying to attract more market share by "passing on the savings" of lower storefront commissions by lowering the asking price for their games.

From Ars Technica

“There’s no risk,” said Fabricio Guimarães, a middle-class Brazilian who purposefully burned a patch of the Amazon and posted the cleared plot on Facebook with an asking price of $35,000.

From Ozy

Additionally, some Democrats have viewed this as their only window to get aid dollars for fiscally-drained state and local municipalities—an area in which the bipartisan bill offers just a fraction of their asking price.

From Fortune

Elghanian said he was forced to sell for $2 million below his original asking price.

From The Daily Beast

Unable to get their asking price, the Milners took it off the market in January this year.

From The Daily Beast

When Cage first put it on the market a few years back, the asking price was more than $30 million.

From The Daily Beast

The asking price was $550,000, and Finlay says he got nearly that from a New York collector.

From The Daily Beast

So, of course, the observant farmer would add a thousand dollars to the asking-price of his property.

From Project Gutenberg

However, he kept his "asking price" up; but his selling price was as various as his buyers, and hard to deal with.

From Project Gutenberg

An "all cash basis" is not uncommon these days and often brings a sizable reduction in the asking price.

From Project Gutenberg

It was a desirable property but the investor had been over greedy and had put his original asking price far too high.

From Project Gutenberg

His asking price sounded like a bargain rate, and Tom, knowing Morris's reputation, was only too glad to engage him.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• selling price