market capitalization

noun

: capitalization sense 1d

Examples of market capitalization in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There is only a small contribution to the S & P 500′s gains on the year from energy because these companies are such a small part of this economy in terms of market capitalization. — Todd Gordon, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026

Nvidia fell 17 percent that day and lost $589 billion in market capitalization, the largest one-day loss in stock market history at the time. — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

During his tenure at the helm, Siemens’ stock has more than doubled, and the engineering giant is now the largest company in Germany and third-largest in Europe by market capitalization. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026

SpaceX and Tesla both rank among the 11 largest companies in the world, as measured by market capitalization. — Max Zahn, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for market capitalization

• deindustrialization
• immunoprecipitation
• individualisation
• individualization
• institutionalisation
• institutionalization
• internationalization
• neovascularization
• operationalization
• abbreviation
• abomination
• acceleration