asking price
noun
Simple meaning
The price at which something is offered for sale.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
askihngprysSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈæskɪŋpˈɹaɪs
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
finance
The price at which something is offered for sale
finance
The list price or sticker price of an item; the price without any discounts or incentives.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: The price at which something is offered for sale
Used this way, asking price is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a financial use: it has a settled meaning in accounting and business, where precision matters more than colour.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Clinical and technical
- Usage feel
- Technical and specialized
Where it naturally appears
- Finance/economics
- Business/professional
Usage note
In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
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