market value

noun

: the price at which something can be sold : the price that buyers are willing to pay for something

determining the car's market value

The house sold below market value.

Examples of market value in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This all comes off as quite wholesome and healthy and refreshing to the large group of investors who spent the past three years bemoaning the increasing concentration of market value in a small cluster of AI-chasing tech platform giants. —Michael Santoli, CNBC, 9 Feb. 2026

Fortune 500 companies led by Black CEOs collectively generated $412 billion in total revenues and had a combined market value of $428 billion. —Cheyann Harris, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026

Steyer recently sent a letter to the Board of Equalization (which oversees property tax assessment) proposing to destroy Proposition 13 so commercial property can be reassessed to market value every year. —Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 8 Feb. 2026

Although buyers purchase these animals for far more than the market value of the meat, the real meaning of the day is to invest in future Texas farmers. —Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for market value

• eigenvalue
• undervalue

Kids Definition

market value

noun

: a price at which both buyers and sellers are willing to do business

Legal Definition

market value

noun

1

: the price at which a buyer is ready and willing to buy and a seller is ready and willing to sell

2

: market price sense 1