market price

American  

noun

1. the price at which a commodity, security, or service is selling in the open market.

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market price British  

noun

1. the prevailing price, as determined by supply and demand, at which goods, services, etc, may be bought or sold

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Etymology

Origin of market price

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

Example Sentences

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market price

ThreeW, which recently began commercial operations, sends the power, at market price, straight to the local power grid, in this case Ercot, the Texas grid operator.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Hudson Bay would acquire shares from the company at a slight discount to the market price at any given time, and then immediately sell them to individual investors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

The efficient-markets hypothesis, developed decades ago by economists at the University of Chicago, stipulates that all available information is already factored into the market price.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026

But it is possible for the market price to be higher or lower than the NAV.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026

By the mid-i930S, a Pocock eight-man shell would have the same market price as a brand-new LaSalle built by General Motors’ Cadillac division.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown