Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

market price

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.96 in modern English

Syllables: mar-ket price
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The price at which a product, financial instrument, service or other tradable item can be bought and sold at an open market; the going price.

noun

On restaurant menus, used to mean the price charged depends on the price of supplies, which may vary.

Example Sentences

"1776, Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: Book I: Chapter 7: Of the natural and market Price of Commodities The actual price at which any commodity is commonly sold is called its market price. It may either be above, or below, or exactly the same with its natural price."
"For those that chose to buy based on their usage (mainly non-franchised freight and open access operators), NR passes on the costs of electricity at the market price for that month, hence the significant increases being experienced by the likes of Freightliner."

Inflected Forms

market prices (plural)

Derived Forms

mp

Phrases

natural price

Frequently Paired Words

natural price

Synonyms

market value mp as quoted aq

Questions

What does market price mean?: The price at which a product, financial instrument, service or other tradable item can be bought and sold at an open market; the going price.

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