market capitalization

noun

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For the 12 months ending as of the date of this writing, Service Now’s market capitalization was up 22%. Seth Matlins, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025 Tesla shares fell 28% and its market capitalization dropped $376.6 billion since the start of this year, as of market close on April 9, having largely erased its post-election gains. Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025 During this period, the iPhone maker has lost around $638 billion in market capitalization, per CNBC estimates. Hakyung Kim,sean Conlon, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025 In all, Wall Street created and vaporized nearly $6 trillion in market capitalization in the span of 30 minutes, highlighting the extent of the jitters that are materializing across various sectors of the economy over the tariff policy and its rollout. John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 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 26 Apr. 2025.

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