purchase price

What you paid

Purchase price is the amount paid to acquire something—the actual cost a buyer hands over to complete a transaction.

It appears in contexts ranging from everyday shopping to corporate acquisitions: The purchase price included all closing costs, We negotiated the purchase price down by ten percent.

In accounting and legal contexts, purchase price often serves as a baseline for calculating taxes, depreciation, or capital gains.

Opposites
transaction direction

purchase pricesale price

Discounted retail amount

selling price · asking price · offer price · list price · bid price

asset lifecycle stage

purchase priceresale value

Worth when sold again

salvage value · residual value · trade-in value · scrap value · market value

cost versus benefit

purchase priceproceeds

Revenue from a transaction

return · revenue · profit · payout · yield

Family

price, purchase, priceless, prices, priced, pricing, pricey, purchased, purchaser

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G