market price

noun

: a price actually given in current market dealings

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Understanding market prices prevents paying a price above what is regarded as fair. Michael Gargiulo, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025 Forgetting for a minute that there’s nothing about energy or energy policy in the Constitution, why on earth would any government stockpile a global commodity that, for being global, is always and everywhere accessible at a globally arrived at market price? John Tamny, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025 In the 48 hours leading up to the trade deadline, Canucks management had a strong indication that the Boeser market would be soft even as the market prices for lesser pieces was tilted heavily in sellers’ favours. Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 8 Mar. 2025 Monday’s sell-off triggered a wave of long liquidations, which forces traders to sell their assets at market price to settle their debts. Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for market price

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of market price was in the 15th century

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“Market price.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/market%20price. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

Legal Definition

market price

noun
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: the price at which a security is currently selling on the market
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