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

“We continue to expect the stock to rerate as the market prices in the higher growth from AI and cloud, and potentially higher margins in mobile.”

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But many investors instead buy puts with a strike price that is at, or just below, the market price.

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More choice is good, and aligning consumer preferences with true market prices is even better.

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

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The Commerce Department has been inspecting them since the mid-1990s, when it found that many importers were flooding the U.S. with pasta priced below normal market prices in a bid to undercut their U.S. competitors.

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