fair market value
noun
: a price at which buyers and sellers with a reasonable knowledge of pertinent facts and not acting under any compulsion are willing to do business
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However, the sale to a sister company is still being assessed by the Premier League from a fair market value standpoint.
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Meg Linehan, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
While sellers and brokers often lean on gut instinct informed by recent comparable sales, appraisers operate with a structured methodology to determine fair market value for their clients.
—John Walkup, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Compensation in excess of fair market value would suggest the deal is better understood as a pay-for-play scheme and thus disallowed.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 28 Feb. 2025
When he was hired in the spring of 2021, Smith’s average annual salary of $2.1 million (over six years) was effectively fair market value given his resume.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
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Meg Linehan, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
While sellers and brokers often lean on gut instinct informed by recent comparable sales, appraisers operate with a structured methodology to determine fair market value for their clients.
—John Walkup, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Compensation in excess of fair market value would suggest the deal is better understood as a pay-for-play scheme and thus disallowed.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 28 Feb. 2025
When he was hired in the spring of 2021, Smith’s average annual salary of $2.1 million (over six years) was effectively fair market value given his resume.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Fair market value.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fair%20market%20value. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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