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

At a time when Tesla’s carmaking business is mired in a multiyear decline, the company’s market value has soared to new highs almost exclusively on the billionaire CEO’s fantastical promises of a future in which all cars will drive themselves and robots will babysit the kids. —Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 June 2026

McAfee experts say tickets advertised far below market value or sellers creating pressure to buy immediately can be signs of fraud. —Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 June 2026

The March purchase, from a real estate development group partially owned by Deutsche Bank, cost nearly 50% more than the property’s 2025 assessed market value, records show. —Ryan J. Foley, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026

In January 2025, the AI chipmaker lost a record $600 billion in market value in a single day, after DeepSeek, a new Chinese competitor, emerged in the market. —Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 9 June 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