market capitalization

noun

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The company has a current market capitalization of $23 billion. Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025 Nvidia is the world’s most valuable company, with a market capitalization of $4.42 trillion, while AMD is 35th, at $301 billion. The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 13 Aug. 2025 Nvidia's market capitalization — its stock price multiplied by the number of shares outstanding — ended Monday at roughly $4.5 trillion, equal to about 8% of the S & P 500. Sean Conlon, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2025 SoftBank’s market capitalization stands at around $118 billion, a fraction of Nvidia’s $4.4 trillion valuation and that of other tech companies most closely associated with AI progress. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025 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 21 Aug. 2025.

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