market price

noun

: a price actually given in current market dealings

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As overseas healthcare continues to become the new norm, Turkish healthcare professionals have shown their obvious dedication to delivering top-of-the-line care at an unbeatable market price. Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025 Each of these signings should contribute next year while not being paid top market prices. Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025 In the supermarket, low-income shoppers are free to combine food stamp funds with out-of-pocket money and pay market prices. John C. Goodman, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025 The bill would transfer oversight of the Food for Peace program, which purchases crops at market price from U.S. farmers and distributes them to hungry people abroad, from USAID to the Agriculture Department. Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for market price

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of market price was in the 15th century

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“Market price.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/market%20price. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.

Legal Definition

market price

noun
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: the price at which a security is currently selling on the market
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