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

The Skills-to-Income Gap Most professionals underestimate the market value of their existing capabilities. —Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025

The 2024 Fortune 500 approximated the company's market value to be $13.3 billion. —Hadley Hitson, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025

At the time, Buffett pledged to donate roughly 4% of his remaining shares in Berkshire Hathaway, the holding company that currently boasts a market value over $1 trillion. —Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 2 July 2025

Those with a reasonable market value seem to have been denied that opportunity but others will be free to do so after another payday was missed for the first-team squad on Monday. —Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 1 July 2025

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