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
Total costs for in-state students at Alabama run $34,600 this academic year; for out-of-state students, the list price is nearing sixty thousand dollars.
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Jeffrey Selingo, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
The Android 14 color ePaper phone – with access to Google's Play Store for adding in favorite apps – has a list price of US$469, but can currently be ordered for $399.
—New Atlas, 18 Sep. 2025
Apple has kept the list price of its entry-level MacBooks at $999, although there are two notable exceptions to this.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Year-to-date, average property sale prices in the luxury category remain higher than last year, despite more days on market and a lower close-to-list price ratio compared to the past five years.
—Sara B. Hansen, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
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Jeffrey Selingo, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
The Android 14 color ePaper phone – with access to Google's Play Store for adding in favorite apps – has a list price of US$469, but can currently be ordered for $399.
—New Atlas, 18 Sep. 2025
Apple has kept the list price of its entry-level MacBooks at $999, although there are two notable exceptions to this.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Year-to-date, average property sale prices in the luxury category remain higher than last year, despite more days on market and a lower close-to-list price ratio compared to the past five years.
—Sara B. Hansen, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for list price
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“List price.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/list%20price. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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