base price
noun
: the basic cost of something without adding anything extra
Air-conditioning is included in the car's base price.
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Other switch variants include Reds, Browns, and Blues, each of which drops the keyboard to its $109.99 base price.
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PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2025
The Takeaway In a fair fight, the iPhone 16e loses out to many Android alternatives costing the same or less than its $599 base price.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
The base price is £15,995 ($20,000), placing it directly against the Dacia Spring Expression Electric 65, which lacks all these niceties.
—James Morris, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
Not surprisingly, ultra-low-cost carriers like Spirit Airlines were among the first to charge to pick your seat, but now almost all airlines sell at least some tickets that don’t include a seat assignment in the base price.
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
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PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2025
The Takeaway In a fair fight, the iPhone 16e loses out to many Android alternatives costing the same or less than its $599 base price.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
The base price is £15,995 ($20,000), placing it directly against the Dacia Spring Expression Electric 65, which lacks all these niceties.
—James Morris, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
Not surprisingly, ultra-low-cost carriers like Spirit Airlines were among the first to charge to pick your seat, but now almost all airlines sell at least some tickets that don’t include a seat assignment in the base price.
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Base price.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/base%20price. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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