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sticker price

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noun

  1. the dealer's full asking price of a new automobile as shown on a sticker attached to it and accompanied by an itemized list of the cost of its basic and optional equipment and other charges.

  2. the retailer's full asking price of various other manufactured consumer items; list price.


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Saphiera Stillwell, 17, wears a prom dress, with a sticker price of $1,300, at the Positive Results Center 10th annual Prom Dress & Tux Gift-Away and Resource Fair at the Sheraton Gateway Los Angeles Hotel.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026

If these aristocrats fall out of favor, look past accounting measures and consider paying what still looks like a high sticker price for that pedigree.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

That amounts to less than half of the $35,000 sticker price, according to Levine.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

He paid $23,991, plus $3,579 in sales taxes and mandated fees, for a vehicle that originally had a sticker price of $48,269.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

Car salesmen even have a particular word to describe the customers who pay the sticker price.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

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