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fair market price

American  

noun

  1. the price of something at which both a seller and a buyer are willing to strike a deal.


Etymology

Origin of fair market price

First recorded in 1925–30

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In exchange, according to the plans, Disney is proposing to pay $40 million for the roads, what city planners said is fair market price.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 27, 2024

Who decides what is a fair market price?

From Washington Post Mar. 19, 2021

Microsoft still finds it difficult to get renewables at a fair market price when drawing up long-term contracts with utilities, said Michelle Patron, the company’s director of sustainability.

From Seattle Times Nov. 30, 2017

In the absence of either one of us knowing which figure is closer to the fair market price, the initial number that gets thrown out can psychologically anchor the negotiation around a certain range.

From Slate Feb. 11, 2015

I may here add, that Messrs. Champion can make a single set of table knives and forks, the fair market price of which would be 100 guineas.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 404, December 12, 1829 by Various

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