fair market value
noun
: a price at which buyers and sellers with a reasonable knowledge of pertinent facts and not acting under any compulsion are willing to do business
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In filings with federal officials, the company said the fair market value of 167 million tons of federal coal next to the Spring Creek mine was just over $126,000.
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Jordan Blum, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
The case questions whether a homeowner is owed the fair market value or just the surplus from a tax auction sale.
—Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Cohen said the brand had attempted to engineer a sale to investors at a fair market value between $1.5 billion and $2.5 billion but the proposal was rejected.
—Shivani Tanna, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
This form documents what was given, to whom, when, and how the donor determined fair market value.
—Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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Jordan Blum, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
The case questions whether a homeowner is owed the fair market value or just the surplus from a tax auction sale.
—Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Cohen said the brand had attempted to engineer a sale to investors at a fair market value between $1.5 billion and $2.5 billion but the proposal was rejected.
—Shivani Tanna, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
This form documents what was given, to whom, when, and how the donor determined fair market value.
—Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fair market value
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“Fair market value.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fair%20market%20value. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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