market price

noun

: a price actually given in current market dealings

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The center would house up to 84 children of officers across the nine agencies in the Treasure Valley, would stay open on nights and weekends, and would charge below-market prices. Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 17 Oct. 2025 Shamefully, Sheinbaum is sending oil below market prices to Cuba even though Mexico’s state oil company, Pemex, is deep in debt and parts of her own country are facing gasoline shortages. Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2025 Ukraine is likely to require more than 4 billion cubic meters of gas by the end of winter, according to an industry source, which at current market prices would cost about $2 billion. Tim Lister, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025 In the hours after the call concluded, amid the digital uproar, some market prices nosedived to below the original purchase price. Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 10 Oct. 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 20 Oct. 2025.

Legal Definition

market price

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