market price

noun

: a price actually given in current market dealings

Examples of market price in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

History suggests an investor can be right about a technology’s long-term impact and still be disappointed by investment returns if lofty expectations embedded in market prices prove difficult to exceed. — Alex Shahidi, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

One of the unique aspects of Azahar is its close long-term relationships with producers, ensuring that farmers are consistently paid above-market prices. — Nikkita Nair, Saveur, 10 Sep. 2026

Instead, contracts track the price of an asset, with a funding mechanism to keep the contract in-line with the market price. — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026

Those communications networks gave brokers faster access to market prices and other financial information. — Brian Lund, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for market price

• imprecise
• sacrifice
• advice
• allspice
• concise
• device
• entice
• excise
• fordyce
• precise
• suffice
• dice

Legal Definition

market price

noun

1

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

2

: market value sense 1