market price

noun

: a price actually given in current market dealings

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That market price doesn’t include whatever an owner might spend in court trying to keep their property. Andrew Wimer, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025 The purchase is worth around $509 million at current market prices, with Bitcoin hovering around $108,000. Niamh Rowe, Quartz, 28 May 2025 The latter refers to buying electricity at low prices and selling it at high market prices – which grid operators, utilities providers, and power trading companies can engage in. New Atlas, 16 May 2025 Locked out of international bond markets due to sanctions, a further downturn in oil market prices could lead to an acute balance of payments problem for the Russian regime, his report concluded. Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for market price

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of market price was in the 15th century

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“Market price.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/market%20price. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.

Legal Definition

market price

noun
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: the price at which a security is currently selling on the market
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