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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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As the stakes mount, CNBC Pro screened for stocks in the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq exceeding $1 billion in market value, with the highest positive correlation with bitcoin over a 60-day period starting mid-November.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
UnitedHealthcare's parent company has a market value of $562 billion, which towers over health insurance peers such as Cigna, Humana, CVS Health, Elevance and Centene.
—NBC News, 5 Dec. 2024
The parent company has also reached an agreement to acquire agency Football Division Worldwide, which, when complete, will place the new firm among the top 10 worldwide in market value, according to Transfermarkt figures.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 4 Dec. 2024
Spotrac has pegged the right-handed slugger's market value at six years and $174 million.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Market value.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/market%20value. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
market value
noun
: a price at which both buyers and sellers are willing to do business
Legal Definition
market value
noun1
: 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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