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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What To Know According to Altos data, an increasing number of sellers nationwide are lowering their asking prices to attract reluctant buyers, with 33.5 percent of homes currently listed for sale on the market having taken a price reduction from their original list price. Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025 In all the convoluted back-and-forth, most patients and health plans aren’t charged anything close to list price. Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2025 Medicare will seek to negotiate lower list prices for the blockbuster diabetes and weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy and 14 other medications, a cost-saving move that would take effect in 2027. Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025 The first round of Medicare negotiations yielded discounts on drugs ranging from 40 percent to 80 percent, including 76 percent off the list price for NovoLog. Joseph Choi, The Hill, 17 Jan. 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 27 Jan. 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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