open market

noun

: an economic market in which prices are based on competition among private businesses and not controlled by a government : free market
How much is it worth on the open market?

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Last month, Musk also bought about $1 billion worth of Tesla stock, his first open market purchase of the electric vehicle-maker's shares since February 2020, regulatory filings showed. Medora Lee, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025 Ryan Helsley and his 100 mph fastball will be on the open market. Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025 The gift in question is a plot of land in downtown Miami owned by Miami Dade College, last appraised at $67 million but which could fetch as much as $250 million on the open market. Jonny Diamond, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025 The billionaire investor started buying Occidental common stock in the open market in early 2022 after reading a transcript of the oil company's earnings conference call. Yun Li, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for open market

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open market

noun
: a freely competitive market in which any buyer or seller may trade and in which prices are determined by competition
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