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

The test will cost somewhere between about $500 (the current Medicare payment for Cologuard, the benchmark specified in the MCED Coverage Act) and $949 (Grail’s current list price). — H. Gilbert Welch, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026

The drawback is that most Americans must pay out of pocket for the test, which carries a list price north of $900, before factoring in any discounts. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026

Its $1,899 list price is on the high end for an RTX 5080, even here in late 2026. — Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PC Magazine, 3 Oct. 2026

The list price for the Ultra Max comes in at US$3,499 but getting in early could shave $500 off. — New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2026

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