market capitalization

noun

Examples of market capitalization in a Sentence

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The power and cooling company has market capitalization of $130 billion now. Jim Cramer, CNBC, 10 May 2026 South Korea’s Samsung saw its market capitalization surpass $1 trillion as demand for semiconductors soared; fellow chipmaker SK Hynix also reached a record high, while Alphabet leapt on news of a $200 billion deal with Anthropic. Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 6 May 2026 In January, the company hit a $4 trillion market capitalization, becoming only the fourth in history to do so after Nvidia, Apple, and Microsoft. Andrew R. Chow, Time, 6 May 2026 GameStop has a market capitalization of nearly $12 billion and is far smaller than eBay, which is valued at around $49 billion. Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 4 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for market capitalization

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First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of market capitalization was in 1975

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“Market capitalization.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/market%20capitalization. Accessed 14 May. 2026.

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