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. See book value, par value
   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

A week into the new year, the market value of all the world’s cryptocurrencies surpassed $1 trillion.

From Quartz

While 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.

From Fortune

Bitcoin 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.

From Fortune

This 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.

From TechCrunch

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.

From Fortune

Investors love Facebook, and have given it a stock market value of $120 billion.

From The Daily Beast

But, Correa argued, this was just half the market value of the oil trapped in the coveted ITT bloc.

From The Daily Beast

And the two of us say that paying college athletes their "fair-market value" is a batty idea.

From The Daily Beast

Of course, Dell, even after it slump, remains a large company, with a market value of about $20 billion.

From The Daily Beast

Sales would skyrocket with legalization, but prices would plummet, deflating the overall market value.

From The Daily Beast

No doubt it was very characteristic to call the cloaks by their market value.

From Project Gutenberg

A dedication of a book had a market value and usually brought a return in proportion to the compliments laid on.

From Project Gutenberg

When he had seen Sheba growing into a tall beauty he had calculated that her market value was increasing.

From Project Gutenberg

He was instructed briefly in the capacity of moving balls to inflict pain, and more particularly as to their market value.

From Project Gutenberg

If the engagement is broken you won't want to keep the ring and can always get market value for the stones.

From Project Gutenberg