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.

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The plunge erased over $35 billion in market value from the Global 500 company. Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 7 Jan. 2025 However successful the cost cutting was, X’s market value has now dropped to $9.4 Billion (according to Fidelity Investments) versus the $44 Billion Musk paid for it, due to dissatisfaction with its policies and performance and defections of advertisers and users to other social media platforms. Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025 While most on Wall Street see DC as a core part of the conglomerate, FBN’s Routh sees an option ahead to boost the market value investors assign to it. Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025 He is currently projected to sign a three-year, $63 million deal which is right at market value. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for market value 

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“Market value.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/market%20value. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

market value

noun
: a price at which both buyers and sellers are willing to do business

Legal Definition

market value

noun
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: the price at which a buyer is ready and willing to buy and a seller is ready and willing to sell
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