1. different from book value or carrying value, is the value of price at which buyers and sellers are willing to trade the assets 2. the most probable price, as of a specified date, in cash, or in terms equivalent to cash, for which the specified property rights should sell after reasonable exposure in a competitive market under all conditions requisite to fair sale, with the buyer and seller each acting prudently, knowledgeably, and for self-interest, and assuming that neither is under undue duress
The highest price that a buyer would pay and the lowest price a seller would accept on a property. Market value may be different from the price a property could actually be sold for at a given time.
