disgust, shock, or fright upon learning the price of an item offered for sale

English - English

Definition of disgust, shock, or fright upon learning the price of an item offered for sale in English English dictionary

sticker shock

Last week Jensen returned to his dealer's showroom to eye the new Continental, but he quickly became another victim of what Detroit calls sticker shock. The price on the car's window: $25,692. Says he: Damn, that is expensive! It persuaded me to keep driving my '80 until it won't go any more..

Hyphenation

disgust, shock, or fright up·on learn·ing the price of an i·tem offered for sale