English

Noun

list price ‎(plural list prices)

1. (business) The retail selling price of an item, as recommended by the manufacturer or retail distributor, or as listed in a catalog.
   • 1870, Charles Reade, Put Yourself in His Place, ch. 5:

     A respectable workman was with me yesterday, and objected that you receive from Mr. Cheetham a higher payment than the list price.

   • 1966 April 29, "Autos: How to Pay Less for a New Car," Time:

     Paying the manufacturer's list price shown on the window sticker of a new car may be about as smart as snapping up an itinerant rug merchant's opening offer.

   • 2009 Oct. 20, Motoko Rich, "In Book-Pricing Battle, How Low Can They Go?," New York Times (retrieved 23 Oct 2011):

     Publishers typically sell hardcover books to retailers at half the list price, while retailers set consumer prices.

Usage notes

• Usage of the term list price with reference to a particular product may indicate that it is not unusual for the actual selling price to be lower.

Related terms

• sticker price

See also

• MSRP
• SRP
• RRP

Translations

References

• list price at OneLook Dictionary Search