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market value

noun

  1. the value of a business, property, etc., in terms of what it can be sold for on the open market; current value ( book value ).


market value

noun

  1. the amount obtainable on the open market for the sale of property, financial assets, or goods and services Compare par value book value
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of market value1

First recorded in 1685–95
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Example Sentences

A week into the new year, the market value of all the world’s cryptocurrencies surpassed $1 trillion.

From Quartz

While it is still a very niche product, compared to other feminine care products like sanitary napkins and tampons, menstrual cups are growing both in awareness and market value over the past few years.

From Fortune

Bitcoin surged to $40,000 for the first time, doubling in value in less than a month and pushing the total market value of cryptocurrencies beyond $1 trillion.

From Fortune

This year, and after only one decade as a publicly traded company, Tesla became the most valuable automaker in the world by market value, passing the valuations of Ford, GM, VW Group and Toyota.

Alibaba has shed more than $200 billion of market value since November, when regulators torpedoed what would have been a record $35 billion Ant debut.

From Fortune

Investors love Facebook, and have given it a stock market value of $120 billion.

But, Correa argued, this was just half the market value of the oil trapped in the coveted ITT bloc.

And the two of us say that paying college athletes their "fair-market value" is a batty idea.

Of course, Dell, even after it slump, remains a large company, with a market value of about $20 billion.

Sales would skyrocket with legalization, but prices would plummet, deflating the overall market value.

No doubt it was very characteristic to call the cloaks by their market value.

A dedication of a book had a market value and usually brought a return in proportion to the compliments laid on.

When he had seen Sheba growing into a tall beauty he had calculated that her market value was increasing.

He was instructed briefly in the capacity of moving balls to inflict pain, and more particularly as to their market value.

If the engagement is broken you won't want to keep the ring and can always get market value for the stones.

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