market price

noun

1. the price at which a commodity, security, or service is selling in the open market.

market price

noun

1. the prevailing price, as determined by supply and demand, at which goods, services, etc, may be bought or sold

Word History and Origins

Origin of market price¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

Example Sentences

That keeps the market price artificially low and reduces the incentives for companies to make the change we need to drive down emissions.

From ProPublica

With help from friends in two different cities, each more than 100 kilometers away, he managed to procure four doses at market price.

From Science News

How that is possible, if the same tax rate is applied across the board, comes down to the difference between the market price of a home and its value as assessed by city tax officials.

From Washington Post

Across the country, in city after city, homes in low-income neighborhoods are systematically over-assessed relative to their actual market prices, while those in rich areas are under-assessed.

From Washington Post

The sale through an “at-the-market” offering program, according to a regulatory filing, meaning the stock will be sold over time at prevailing market prices.

From Fortune

This gives her again the upper hand, as she is seeking to fix a market price across all digital servicing for her work.

From The Daily Beast

In general, even the most generous vouchers cover less than 75 percent of the market price for childcare.

From The Daily Beast

Poaching fell off dramatically, and the black market price of ivory dropped.

From The Daily Beast

There's no penalty for missing the window; you'll just have to get a new estimate, with the new market price.

From The Daily Beast

Unfortunately, we don't have a market price on the lives we've ruined with harsh prison sentences.

From The Daily Beast

But the market price of billets was the sole standard of wages in the Homestead mills.

From Project Gutenberg

Generally the market price at the time and place fixed by the contract or by law for delivering the goods, but not always.

From Project Gutenberg

Under unusual conditions the market price does not furnish the only test.

From Project Gutenberg

By this time the market price of his wares had gone up very much.

From Project Gutenberg

Jimmie, if the highest market price for a fool was one hundred dollars, you'd fetch two hundred.

From Project Gutenberg