: the price at which something is offered for sale
Examples of asking price in a Sentence
The original asking price for the car was $20,000, but I was eventually able to buy it for $18,000.
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The line to view a recent rental listing in Carroll Gardens that went for $400 over the asking price.—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 8 May 2025 On Tuesday, the return of Michael King to Yankee Stadium was a cool moment for the right-hander, whom the Yankees did not want to include in the package for Juan Soto but ultimately gave into the asking price.—Larry Fleisher, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025 This indicator of buyer willingness to pay over asking price did slip — but only slightly from 103.8% for the same period a year ago.—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2025 The $895,000 asking price is higher than other recent one-bedroom sales in the building, but those didn’t have such high-level renovations, and a two-bedroom asking $1.2 million recently went into contract after less than a month on the market.—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 15 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for asking price
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