sharp number
n. A precise or unrounded number.
Example Citation:
You’re selling your house. You set the asking price at a nice round figure—$420,000, let’s say. But if you had chosen to list the house for $420,399—almost $400 more—your chances of finding a buyer just might improve.
This finding, and others like it, derives from studies undertaken by marketing professor Manoj Thomas and colleagues at Cornell University’s Johnson School. Thomas and other consumer marketing…
