market capitalization

noun

: capitalization sense 1d

Examples of market capitalization in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

The firm screened the 1,000 largest, non-technology companies by market capitalization, looking for those with free cash flow margins in the top third. — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026

For leaders, that story isn’t just defined by our titles, market capitalization or the number of people who reported to us. — Catherine Bell, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

More than $1 trillion has been erased from the company's market capitalization since the stock hit its mid-June peak. — John Ruwitch, NPR, 4 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