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

Additionally, some money market accounts pay interest comparable to high-yield savings accounts, said CFP Lazetta Rainey Braxton, founder and managing principal of virtual firm The Real Wealth Coterie. —Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 8 May 2026

For others, however, the high-yield savings or money market account may be preferable. —Matt Richardson, CBS News, 8 May 2026

Instead, keep it in a safe savings, checking or money market account. —Jill Schlesinger, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2026

Five years after DeFi Summer, retail yields have compressed to levels a money market fund can beat, hack losses continue to outpace any functioning insurance market, and two very public bets on what happens next now point in opposite directions. —Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2026

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)