How to Use asking price in a Sentence

asking price

noun
  • No one should pay the book’s $40 asking price for keen political insight.
    Dan Morrison, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2024
  • If that’s the asking price, the Rams won’t be in the mix.
    Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2022
  • There is no word on the asking price for the restaurant.
    William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 1 June 2023
  • The lot lingered on the market for a few years and then the asking price dropped.
    Marissa Gluck, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
  • That is, of course, if the hefty $19.4 million asking price is met.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2022
  • If sold for the asking price, this home will break the record as the most expensive sale in the area.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 10 May 2022
  • And less than two-thirds of them are even worth as much as the M5’s $2 billion asking price.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Even in terms of the outrageous prices of the NFT market, the asking price is steep.
    Fortune, 7 Apr. 2022
  • The listing does not offer an asking price for the sale.
    Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The median asking price for a rental in May was over $3,100.
    Christine Armario, Washington Post, 11 July 2022
  • Homes are less likely to sell for far more than asking price.
    Hope Hodge Seck, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The asking price had been set at €8 million or close to 8.8 million USD.
    Lauren Beale, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • About 45% of homes in the Twin Cities sold above the asking price in June, according to Redfin data.
    Sami Sparber, Axios, 27 July 2024
  • It’s been on the market — and pulled — twice since January 2021 but the asking price has remained the same.
    Megan Jones, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Chung, Edgar-Jones and Ramos, too, just boosted their asking prices.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 22 July 2024
  • And Redfin reports 15% of home sellers in April cut their asking price—up from 9% a year ago.
    Fortune, 11 May 2022
  • If the asking price on Giolito is too stiff, what about Lance Lynn?
    Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 12 July 2023
  • No news yet on asking prices, which makes sense; sales might not start until 2024.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 13 June 2023
  • The median asking price now clocks in at $2,975, which is still nothing to scoff at.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Yun said 8% mortgage rates would bring the housing market to a halt and may even sink asking prices.
    Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Will homes still sell for $1 million over asking price?
    Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 June 2022
  • The question here is whether owner Woody Johnson wants to meet the Raiders’ asking price of a second-round pick.
    Vincent Frank, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
  • West Ham are entitled to set their asking price for Rice.
    Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2022
  • The Browns have lowered their asking price for Mayfield, no longer seeking a first-round pick.
    oregonlive, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Is a great ‘Horizon’ VR game enough to justify a high asking price?
    Britton Peele, Dallas News, 6 July 2023
  • And for those who want to stay longer, the superyacht is also for sale—with an asking price of $29.5 million.
    Passport By Forbeslife, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The big reason, to date, is that the asking prices for the kind of players the Lakers are interested in have been seen as too high.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The asking price for the properties — which totals about 1.3 acres — has not yet been made public.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The Carosellas had their third offer accepted in June for about 3.3% above the asking price.
    David Harrison, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2022
  • The postponement comes at a challenging time for the music festival marketplace, which faces higher expenses, bigger asking prices from artists, and increasing inclement weather.
    Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2024

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