money market

noun

: the trade in short-term negotiable instruments (such as certificates of deposit or U.S. Treasury securities)

Examples of money market in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Fed's interest on reserves tool, now set at 4.4%, binds the top end of the federal funds rate, while the reverse repo rate that pays money market funds and other eligible firms for de facto loans, now at 4.25%, puts a floor underneath the central bank's target. —Michael S. Derby, USA Today, 26 June 2025

Banks and trading firms are using Canton to tokenize real-world assets such as bonds, commodities and money market funds. —Ryan Browne, CNBC, 24 June 2025

The median money market fund yield is 4.38% as of April 30, according to the Office of Financial Research. —Chris Gunster, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025

Looking at the financial system as a whole, including nonbanks such as money market mutual funds, the Fed calculates that runnable liabilities equaled about 80 percent of gross domestic product at the end of 2024. —Peter Coy, New York Times, 17 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1950, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for money market

• aftermarket
• patriarchate
• supermarket
• nonmarket
• premarket
• upmarket

Kids Definition

money market

noun

: the trade in short-term negotiable instruments (as U.S. Treasury securities)

Legal Definition

money market

noun

: the trade in short-term negotiable instruments (as certificates of deposit or U.S. Treasury securities)