Definition of market value in US English:
market value
nounˈmärkət ˌvalyo͞oˈmɑrkət ˌvælju
The amount for which something can be sold on a given market.
insurance may only cover the current market value of your car
Often contrasted with book value
Example sentencesExamples
- He may then be stuck for cash in his retirement and forced to sell at below market value to realise some cash quickly.
- Which of course includes a royalty based on a percentage of the market value of the innovation.
- Many people have seen the market value of their homes double in the past five years.
- The shares were set at the existing market value and employees signed up for four years.
- The payment is equal to the market value, which is lower than the income tax payable on the share option gain.
- The price of houses in the surrounding area can affect the market value of your home.
- Both sections of capital claim a share of surplus value according to their market value.
- I accept that the invoiced amount represents the fair market value of the goods sold.
- The deceased's assets pass to his beneficiaries at their market value on the date of death.
- When you come to sell, you will get your share of the full market value of the property.
- When insuring your house, should you insure the building for its market value or its rebuild cost?
- The increase in the leverage ratio in Canada may be more muted when analyzing the market value of debt.
- Any fruit not indigenous to your village will fetch a higher market value when sold.
- The maximum amount we will pay will be the market value of your car but not exceeding your estimate of value shown in our records.
- Any other method of calculating the market value might be too speculative.
- The index is derived by dividing the market value of the firm by the annual salary of the chief executive.
- A father-of-two who lives opposite the shop said that he would sell up now if he received the market value for his home.
- Its market value is at any rate likely to hold up since the bank is still seen as an attractive takeover target.
- This is not based on the actual market value of the property but on the value given for tax purposes.
- Revenue does not accept that the prohibition on the sale of shares affects the market value of the shares.