market price

American  

noun

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

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market price British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of market price

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

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Example Sentences

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market price

Yield to maturity: An annualized figure that factors in the current market price, the coupon and the capital gain or loss if you hold the bond until maturity.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

ThreeW, which recently began commercial operations, sends the power, at market price, straight to the local power grid, in this case Ercot, the Texas grid operator.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Under the new requirements, companies had to disclose both the value of stock options on the grant date and the stock’s closing market price that day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

The efficient-markets hypothesis, developed decades ago by economists at the University of Chicago, stipulates that all available information is already factored into the market price.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026

This fact alone enabled Wall Street firms to dictate to him the market price.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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