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Noun: market capitalisation
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: market capitalization)
  1. An estimation of the value of a business that is obtained by multiplying the number of shares outstanding by the current price of a share
    "The company's market capitalisation exceeded $1 billion after its successful IPO";
    - market capitalization

Derived forms: market capitalisations

Type of: capitalisation [Brit], capitalization

Encyclopedia: Market capitalisation