mark-to-market

noun

Assigning a value to an asset equal to the current market price of the asset or one calculated based on related standardised assets for which there is a market.

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Meanings

nounmark-to-market (countable and uncountable, plural mark-to-markets)

plural mark-to-markets · alternative mark to market

  1. attributivecountableuncountableaccountingAssigning a value to an asset equal to the current market price of the asset or one calculated based on related standardised assets for which there is a market.

    The only mark-to-market thing in politics is Election Day; everything else is hot air.

    2018, Mike Murphy, “Interview with Bill Kristol”, in Conversations with Bill Kristol
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    Mark-to-market is the calculation that shows your unrealized P&L based on where you could close your open positions in the market at that instant.

    2011, Mark Galant, Brian Dolan, Currency Trading For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 52

    Synonyms: MTM, M2M

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAssigning a value to an asset equal to the current market price of the asset or one calculated based on related standardised assets for which there is a market.

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APA

mark-to-market. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mark-to-market

MLA

“mark-to-market.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mark-to-market. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mark-to-market,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mark-to-market.

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