market valuen.
/ˌmɑːkɪt ˈvaljuː/, U.S. /ˈmɑrkət ˌvælju/ The amount that can be charged for a product, commodity, service, etc., in a given market. Cf. book value n. at book n. Compounds 3.
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society > trade and finance > monetary value > [noun] > current value
market rate1662
market value1691
present value1693
present worth1771
1691 J. Locke Money in Wks. (1824) IV. 99 According to the market value.
1791 Deb. Congr. U.S. (1834) 1st Congr. App. 1993 The rapid increase that has taken place in the market value of the public securities.
1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. I. iii. ii. §4. 528 There are persons ready to buy, at the market value, a greater quantity than is offered for sale.
1880 C. R. Markham Peruvian Bark 109 Bark from that district is of no market value.
1913 R. M. La Follette Autobiogr. 463 It was avowedly for the purpose of enhancing their market value.
1948 V. M. Fitzroy Cabbages & Cream 210 ‘But you must be reasonable juffrou,’ the agent said persuasively, ‘what you are asking is more than double the market value of the place.’
1986 Independent 7 Oct. 22/5 Nobo Industries..is coming to the stock market..with an expected market value of about £18m.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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