How to Use market price in a Sentence

market price

noun
  • The markets priced in an 11% chance of that a week ago.
    Anneken Tappe, CNN, 28 Feb. 2020
  • The market price at the time was $1,200 megawatts per hour.
    James Barragán, Dallas News, 10 Mar. 2021
  • The spot market price of pig iron in the U.S. is about 70% higher since the start of the year.
    Bob Tita, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Based on the market price, the stocks that Kramer sold would now fetch about $5.5 million.
    Jon Swaine, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Apr. 2021
  • That means Pelosi would have had to sell them for more than twice market price.
    Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2022
  • Or will the Yankees be leery once again of market prices for top starters?
    James Wagner, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2019
  • But there have been near-peak days in both years that saw market prices hit the cap at $5,000 per megawatt.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 7 July 2023
  • And yet market prices for blue crabs seemed barely to move at all.
    Washington Post, 26 July 2019
  • The fisherman who caught the record ray was paid market price for his catch.
    Evan Bush, NBC News, 20 June 2022
  • The market price is bad these days, but he is also getting paid for the seed.
    The Arizona Republic, 9 Feb. 2023
  • As of Friday, the cash market price is back up to $1,111 per thousand board feet.
    Fortune, 12 Jan. 2022
  • The drinks are labeled at market price, as the spirits rotate based on what the club can source.
    Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2023
  • If market prices for the crop are high one year, the farmer might come out ahead, but if prices are low, the farmer might lose money.
    The Conversation, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Sea options range from $38 for crispy salmon to king crab legs at market price.
    Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Its 43% stake in Nissan could not be sold at market price.
    Chris Hughes | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 4 June 2019
  • Her boyfriend's parents own the house, and her rent is way below market price.
    Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2021
  • Her boyfriend’s parents own the house, and her rent is way below market price.
    Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 17 Oct. 2021
  • The recent volatility in the price has led Kannabis to list the dish at market price, sometimes up to $30 for a roll.
    Susan Dunne, courant.com, 7 Dec. 2021
  • And depending on the market prices for the day, the lobster roll is worth checking out, too.
    Chris Triunfo, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2019
  • This translates into a price of $90, which is at par with the current market price.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • But market price for soft-shell clams is just too high right now, owner Komes Rozes said.
    Washington Post, 25 July 2021
  • Sitting at the premium end of the market, now's your chance to snag one for a mid-market price.
    Matt Jancer, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Businesses and consumers know seafood prices are volatile, hence the market price tag in lieu of a set cost on many menus.
    Washington Post, 25 July 2021
  • So for the yield on bonds maturing at the same time to equalize, the market price of existing bonds had to rise.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 11 Feb. 2024
  • That causes the market price to rise and yields — the difference between the current price and the payout when the bond matures — to shrink.
    Joe McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2019
  • On Hazel's menu, stone crabs will be market price and served with a mustard sauce and hushpuppies.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 9 Jan. 2020
  • That's $80 in savings both ways compared to the usual market price on both of these models.
    Shayna Murphy, USA TODAY, 5 July 2019
  • Our price estimate is about 30% ahead of the current market price.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 4 Aug. 2022
  • To make a profit on an options trade, the discount between the strike price and the market price must be greater than the premium paid to purchase the option.
    Jesse Pound, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2024
  • An investor borrows shares at the current market price, hopes the stock nosedives, and buys back the same number of shares at the lower price and profits.
    Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2024

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