asking price

noun

Definition of asking pricenext
as in market value

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Recent Examples of asking price Partly because affluent buyers can and are willing to spend more, over one in five homes sold above the asking price in June. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 13 July 2026 The property went under contract just days after the video was posted in April 2026 and received three strong offers before ultimately selling above asking price in June. — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 20 June 2026 Many analysts expected shares to skyrocket, with price targets that eclipsed the IPO asking price of $135 several times over. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 18 June 2026 Two years into his first term, those properties sold through a series of multi-million dollar transactions for more than the 2020 asking price, erasing much of the debt, according to reports. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 9 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for asking price
Recent Examples of Synonyms for asking price
  1. market value
  2. list price
  3. unit price
  4. sticker price
  5. value
  6. rate
  7. fair market value
Noun
  • This information extends beyond mere fairness, offering crucial insights into career trajectory, market value, and essential skill development.
    — Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • That quarter, the global market value of certain types of smart glasses more than tripled from a year earlier.
    — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of market value
Noun
  • Amazon has the Google Pixel 10 Pro XL on sale for $949, down from its regular $1,199 list price.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 20 July 2026
  • They're currently priced at US$269 (discounted from the list price of $299), which is fair given its basic feature set – and that's a lot less than other devices with AR capabilities and Android built in.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 July 2026
Definition of list price
Noun
  • While well below the Mountain View per-unit price, the Sunnyvale deal was generally at a similar level as some recent apartment transactions in South San Jose.
    — George Avalos, Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The publication suggests that the unit price could be as low as $10,000, signaling Beijing’s push to make advanced loitering munitions affordable for mass deployment.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2025
Definition of unit price
Noun
  • With private institutions, the sticker price is often far higher than what students end up paying.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The sticker price for homes has also contributed to the tepid housing market.
    — Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 30 July 2026
Definition of sticker price
Noun
  • For now, though, soccer’s civil war appears to be heading toward an entrenched standoff of ideas and values.
    — Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • South Africa's utility, Eskom, plans to develop a 1-gigawatt solar manufacturing facility to capture more value from its fast-expanding solar market and respond to changing electricity demand.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of value
Noun
  • Data from real-world systems rarely changes at one constant rate.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Thailand has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in Asia, second only to Pakistan and far surpassing its Southeast Asian neighbors.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of rate
Noun
  • Because alternative minimum tax exposure is driven largely by the spread between exercise price and fair market value, lower prices can substantially reduce the tax cost of beginning the long-term holding period.
    — Anastasia Atamanchuk, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The higher cost could be the ongoing expenses required to sell food at 30% under fair market value.
    — Nathan Goldman, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of fair market value

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