starting price
noun
: the basic price when nothing extra has been added
The starting price for the car is $18,000.
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Buzz's starting price is far higher than the average new vehicle price (around $50,000, according to Kelley Blue Book).
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Charles Singh, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
The tactic positions the building, which is expected to be the Upper East Side’s priciest new development by starting price, as an ultra-exclusive whisper-level opportunity in a neighborhood experiencing a pronounced resurgence.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 22 Dec. 2025
The other notable news is that the laptop will keep its $1,599 starting price, with the base model offering 512GB of storage and 16GB of Apple’s Unified Memory for both the CPU and GPU.
—PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2025
All of this also ignores one of the iPhone 17's best internal upgrades: a bump from 128GB of storage to 256GB of storage at the same $799 starting price as the iPhone 16.
—ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
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Charles Singh, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
The tactic positions the building, which is expected to be the Upper East Side’s priciest new development by starting price, as an ultra-exclusive whisper-level opportunity in a neighborhood experiencing a pronounced resurgence.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 22 Dec. 2025
The other notable news is that the laptop will keep its $1,599 starting price, with the base model offering 512GB of storage and 16GB of Apple’s Unified Memory for both the CPU and GPU.
—PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2025
All of this also ignores one of the iPhone 17's best internal upgrades: a bump from 128GB of storage to 256GB of storage at the same $799 starting price as the iPhone 16.
—ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for starting price
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“Starting price.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/starting%20price. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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