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 Trump Media’s share price boomed upon its market debut in March, sitting at just over $66 a share and giving the company a market value of around $8 billion. Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 22 Apr. 2024 Shares of the Arlington, Virginia, company have lost 32% – more than $47 billion in market value. David Koenig, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Apr. 2024 Last September, grocery delivery Instacart’s shares finished the day up 12.3% on Nasdaq, giving the company a market value of more than $11 billion. Anne D'innocenzio, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2024 The company’s market value as of Monday was more than $3.5 billion, down from a peak of nearly $8 billion. Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 15 Apr. 2024 For instance, Exxon Mobil’s market value is $483 billion, while Shell’s is about $238 billion. Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 12 Apr. 2024 Trump Media & Technology Group, which trades under the ticker DJT, slipped on Wednesday to below $50 per share, extending a steep decline this week that pulled the stock down from its high near $80 and erased more than $2 billion of market value. Joe Rennison, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024 But a stock-market frenzy has supersized Trump Media’s value to about $5.5 billion — more than the market values of Macy’s, Columbia Sportswear and Alaska Airlines, which make billions in revenue a year. Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024 As the watch is no longer in production, the current market value is around $160,000. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 Apr. 2024

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“Market value.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/market%20value. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.

Kids Definition

market value

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

Legal Definition

market value

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