mark-to-market

See also: mark to market

English

Alternative forms

• mark to market

Etymology

mark + to + market

Noun

mark-to-market (plural mark-to-markets)

1. (finance, accounting, chiefly attributive) 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.
   • 2018, Mike Murphy, “Interview with Bill Kristol”, in Conversations with Bill Kristol‎^[1]:

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