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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.
Recent Examples on the Web
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
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Word History
First Known Use
1871, in the meaning defined above
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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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