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

If approved by the county, the Class 7(b) incentive will lower the assessment level of the property from 25% of market value to 10% of market value for the next 10 years. —Jennifer Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026

What does that spell for the model’s secondary market value, currently hovering between $19,000 and $24,000? —Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 9 Mar. 2026

League sources forecast a wide range for Eluemunor’s market value, varying from $13 million to $18 million per year. —Dan Duggan, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026

Anthropic, the artificial intelligence (AI) company that emerged in 2026 as an existential threat to billions of market value, with each breathtaking new capability from its Claude model, is back with a warning about just how obsolete AI tools could make whole swathes of work. —Jake Angelo, Fortune, 6 Mar. 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