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 current market value for the company is $97 billion, down from a peak of $281 billion. Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 31 Mar. 2025 The company's market value declined by 4 percent during the same weekend that Musk stepped up his political activism with a rally in Wisconsin. Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025 In practice, that means a company the size of Apple , with a $3.3 trillion market value, is given the same weight in the fund as, say, Bank of America , which has a value of $325 billion. Pia Singh, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2025 Community Bancorp's financial statements reveal a market value of $78,296,514 for its voting stock held by non-affiliates as of June 30, 2024, with a per-share trade price of $15.25. Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 28 Mar. 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 6 Apr. 2025.

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
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