market price

noun

: a price actually given in current market dealings

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Omakase rates may vary based on market prices, but a recent dinner was $88, plus tip. John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025 Buyers return at mid-market price points first, particularly for move-in-ready properties in good school zones and transit-adjacent neighborhoods. Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 22 Dec. 2025 Wholesale market prices for milk, cheese and butter have been lower than normal for about a year, but had more of a significant decline in the past six months, Cain said. Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025 At that point, Huang instituted a program to allow workers to buy the stock at a discount to the current market price, but actually also at a discount to any price in the last two years. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for market price

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of market price was in the 15th century

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“Market price.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/market%20price. Accessed 30 Dec. 2025.

Legal Definition

market price

noun
1
: the price at which a security is currently selling on the market
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