reserve price

noun

: a price announced at an auction as the lowest that will be considered

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Apparently, bidding did not even come close to its reserve price. — New Atlas, 18 Apr. 2026 The card didn’t meet its undisclosed reserve price and didn’t sell, according to the Goldin website. — Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 24 June 2025 The home is currently set at a reserve price of $250,000, according to the website. — Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 16 May 2025 As a yearling, the colt didn’t meet his reserve price of $95,000, so Kahn and Hidden Brook pointed him to a 2-year-old in training sale last year at Ocala. — Jay Posner, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reserve price

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First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of reserve price was in 1919

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reserve price

noun
: a price announced at an auction as the lowest that will be considered
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