market capitalization

noun

: capitalization sense 1d

Examples of market capitalization in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

According to the indictment, the Rosens used RB Capital Partners to purchase debt from microcap companies — which are also known as penny-stock companies, and refer to firms with a market capitalization of less than $300 million. —Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026

Bitcoin has limped into 2026, flailing in the wake of a gold price boom that’s catapulted it to an eye-watering $34 trillion market capitalization (triggering predictions of even more gains to come). —Billy Bambrough, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026

Euronext said the listing marked the world’s largest defense IPO ever recorded, both in terms of amount raised and market capitalization. —Sam Meredith, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2026

The company on Tuesday reported record half-year sales, and last month entered the UK’s 100 largest companies by market capitalization. —Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 13 Jan. 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