sticker shock

noun

Origin of sticker shock

sticker (price) + shock

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Tap into the best features of a SteelSeries headset without the sticker shock.
Upgrade your audio for less than $100 with the best cheap gaming headsets | Eric Frederiksen | December 4, 2021 | Popular-Science
The surge in travelers resulted in long lines at national parks, sold-out tickets to attractions, and sticker shock at rental car counters.
Carmageddon Has Arrived. Here’s How to Avoid a Holiday Rental Nightmare. | lwhelan | November 19, 2021 | Outside Online
It took a lot of time to get the ball rolling, and of course there was sticker shock.
Majority of Florida condo board quit in 2019 as squabbling residents dragged out plans for repairs | Beth Reinhard, Tik Root, Brady Dennis, Jon Swaine | June 30, 2021 | Washington Post
Instead of sticker shock, consumers are getting delivery shock.
How the pandemic has changed the way we see and use our homes — maybe forever | Jura Koncius | March 11, 2021 | Washington Post
But that's still a pretty hefty sticker shock, and obviously, a lot more than I had been paying as an employee.
The Non-Problem that ObamaCare Didn't Fix | Megan McArdle | September 19, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST

All women who take time off to mother their children face similar sticker-shock when they decide to work again.
When Is It Sexism? | Elizabeth Wurtzel | January 3, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST

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