fair market value

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Recent Examples of fair market value Those deals, which are separate from 32 Equity, are shared through the cap via non-cash accounting, priced at fair market value on the date of vesting and amortized over 10 years. — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 10 Sep. 2026 Because alternative minimum tax exposure is driven largely by the spread between exercise price and fair market value, lower prices can substantially reduce the tax cost of beginning the long-term holding period. — Anastasia Atamanchuk, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026 After July 2034, based on the performance of the NFL assets, Disney may have the right to reacquire the NFL’s interest in ESPN in exchange for a 10-year security at 70% of the then-fair market value of the NFL’s interest in ESPN. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 21 July 2026 Lower courts ruled against the Pungs, and the justices likewise resisted the idea that compensation should be based on the home’s fair market value. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 23 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for fair market value
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Noun
  • By August of this year, its market value topped $315 billion.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Similarly, California law restricts annual assessment increases to a maximum of 2% (or the rate of inflation, whichever is lower), regardless of how much actual market value rises.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The agreement includes an option that could increase its total value to approximately $91 million, further expanding American industrial involvement in the programme.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Part of Borromeo’s mandate was to tighten the product assortment, boost the company’s profitability and return it back to its foundational values and DNA.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Budgets have tightened and commissioners have retreated to the familiar — backing low-cost dramas and safe-bet crime formats.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Turning those minutes into cost savings depends on how staff use the extra time, after paying for software, training, and reviewing its results.
    — Inzamam Rashid, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026

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“Fair market value.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fair%20market%20value. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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