market value
the value of a business, property, etc., in terms of what it can be sold for on the open market; current value (distinguished from book value).
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A week into the new year, the market value of all the world’s cryptocurrencies surpassed $1 trillion.
Crypto is now the world’s fifth-most circulated currency by value | Samanth Subramanian | January 12, 2021 | QuartzWhile 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.
The period-care startup nixing the stigmas and taboos around menstruation | Rachel King | January 10, 2021 | FortuneBitcoin 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.
Bitcoin soars to $40,000, doubling in less than a month | Verne Kopytoff | January 7, 2021 | FortuneThis 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.
Chinese regulators order Ant Group to focus on payments, stop short of breakup | lbelanger225 | December 27, 2020 | Fortune
Investors love Facebook, and have given it a stock market value of $120 billion.
Snapchat’s Diss Captures Facebook’s Cruel Cool World | Daniel Gross | November 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut, 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.
Struggling PC Maker Dell Might Be Candidate for Private-Equity Buyout | Daniel Gross | January 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTSales would skyrocket with legalization, but prices would plummet, deflating the overall market value.
Why Legalizing Marijuana on Election Day Might Not Be a Good Idea | Tony Doukopil | October 29, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTNo doubt it was very characteristic to call the cloaks by their market value.
A Window in Thrums | J. M. BarrieA dedication of a book had a market value and usually brought a return in proportion to the compliments laid on.
The Age of Erasmus | P. S. AllenWhen he had seen Sheba growing into a tall beauty he had calculated that her market value was increasing.
In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim | Frances Hodgson BurnettHe was instructed briefly in the capacity of moving balls to inflict pain, and more particularly as to their market value.
The Wrong Twin | Harry Leon WilsonIf the engagement is broken you won't want to keep the ring and can always get market value for the stones.
A Son of Perdition | Fergus Hume
British Dictionary definitions for market value
the amount obtainable on the open market for the sale of property, financial assets, or goods and services: Compare par value, book value
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