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
  • Many grocery stores held prices steady or raised them a bit, deciding to sell below market price.
    Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Apr. 2020
  • Countries paying triple the market price to outbid others.
    Jane Bradley, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Apr. 2020
  • Glasgow is likely headed elsewhere in free agency as the Lions don’t seem to want to pay market price to keep him around.
    Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 16 Feb. 2020
  • Dozens of homes in Shelby Park have been restored by a handful of nonprofits and sold to first-time home buyers at below-market prices.
    Bailey Loosemore, The Courier-Journal, 24 Feb. 2020
  • Acquisitions often happen above market prices — sometimes due to a company’s debt obligations, or in order to avoid a bidding war.
    Dallas News, 15 Mar. 2020
  • For every other day of the year, the lobsters are served individually and the current market price of a one-pounder is $27.95.
    Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2020
  • Yorkville was paid a fee up front, and if Trump Media decides to sell shares, Yorkville will also get a discount — 2.75% — off the market price.
    Justin Elliott, ProPublica, 16 July 2024
  • The value of a shareholder's investment in the Fund is determined by the Fund's market price, which is based on the supply and demand for the Fund's shares in the open market.
    Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2024
  • Lima’s administration had already come under fire for buying ventilators at quadruple the market price from a wine importer and distributor.
    Washington Post, 30 June 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Her boyfriend’s parents own the house, and her rent is way below market price.
    Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 17 Oct. 2021
  • Her boyfriend's parents own the house, and her rent is way below market price.
    Washington Post, 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
  • 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
  • Our price estimate is about 30% ahead of the current market price.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 4 Aug. 2022

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