market capitalization

noun

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Tesla shares have fallen by more than half since those heady days of mid-December, and its market capitalization with them; in midday trading Thursday, they’re priced at about $236.26 and the market cap sits at about $760 billion. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2025 Tesla has shed hundreds of billions of dollars in market capitalization since its stock’s sharp slide began in December, a month after Trump was elected to a second non-consecutive term in the White House. Dan Mangan, CNBC, 20 Mar. 2025 Eventually, the Nasdaq shed more than 75% of its value, wiping out $5 trillion in market capitalization. Josh Fellman, Quartz, 18 Mar. 2025 Since President Trump’s inauguration, Tesla’s share price has declined by about 33% and its market capitalization by $386 billion. Nives Dolsak and Aseem Prakash, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for market capitalization

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First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of market capitalization was in 1975

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“Market capitalization.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/market%20capitalization. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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