market value

noun

: the price at which something can be sold : the price that buyers are willing to pay for something

determining the car's market value

The house sold below market value.

Examples of market value in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Other jurisdictions assess property at a set percentage of market value. — Elizabeth Jane Beckett-Camarata, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2026

This comes after shares of Alphabet sank by more than 12% Thursday, wiping half a trillion dollars off the market value of America’s fourth-largest company. — Lucy Bayly, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026

The steep correction wiped out more than $500 billion in market value. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 29 Oct. 2026

Alphabet shares plunged 12% Thursday, a record downturn for the large-cap issue erasing $500 billion in market value, after the company missed third-quarter revenue targets and reported a slowdown in its core search business. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for market value

• eigenvalue
• undervalue

Kids Definition

market value

noun

: a price at which both buyers and sellers are willing to do business

Legal Definition

market value

noun

1

: the price at which a buyer is ready and willing to buy and a seller is ready and willing to sell

2

: market price sense 1