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

Zoom in: As of January, the median list price of a new build in the metro was $380K in comparison to an existing home at $295K. Nationally, the median list price of a new build was $449,967 last quarter compared to $395,800 for an existing home. —Linh Ta, Axios, 24 Feb. 2025

Its list price then was cut in 2020 for $6.9 million, and was reduced further to nearly $6.8 million in 2021, to nearly $6.3 million in 2022 and just below $6 million in 2023. —Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025

PBMs negotiate rebates with drug manufacturers based on the drugs’ list prices. —Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2025

With list prices of about $1,000 a month, Novo’s treatments are among the biggest products in pharmaceutical history, bringing in nearly $30 billion a year. —Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 17 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1871, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for list price

• advice
• allspice
• concise
• device
• entice
• excise
• fordyce
• precise
• suffice
• dice
• feis
• gneiss

Kids Definition

list price

noun

: the retail price of an item as published in a catalog, price list, or advertisement