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 ).

2. market price.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of market value¹

First recorded in 1685–95

Example Sentences

Sandisk, with a market capitalization of about $33 billion as of Monday, had stuck out in the small-cap index for being much bigger in terms of market value than the others.

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The gap between its $4.35 trillion in market value and Google’s has narrowed to around $592.3 billion, the smallest since April, according to Dow Jones Market Data.

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The company’s market value is nearly $30 billion, driven by strong demand for its flash memory and chips.

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Alphabet has passed Microsoft to become the No. 3 company in market value in the U.S. stock market, behind Nvidia and Apple.

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In October, the company was again at risk of being delisted, this time because its market value was below Nasdaq’s requirements.

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