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market
[ mahr-kit ]
noun
- an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace:
a farmers' market.
- a store for the sale of food:
a meat market.
- a meeting of people for selling and buying.
- the assemblage of people at such a meeting.
- trade or traffic, especially as regards a particular commodity:
the market in cotton.
- a body of persons carrying on extensive transactions in a specified commodity:
the cotton market.
- the field of trade or business:
the best shoes in the market.
- demand for a commodity:
an unprecedented market for leather.
- a body of existing or potential buyers for specific goods or services:
the health-food market.
- a region in which goods and services are bought, sold, or used:
the foreign market; the New England market.
- current price or value:
a rising market for shoes.
verb (used without object)
- to buy or sell in a market; deal.
- to buy food and provisions for the home.
verb (used with object)
- to advertise (something) to a target audience or for a recommended use: This movie was marketed as a horror film, rather than a drama.
The vacation homes are marketed to retirees and other seniors.
This movie was marketed as a horror film, rather than a drama.
- to carry or send to market for disposal:
to market produce every week.
- to dispose of in a market; sell.
Synonyms: , ,
market
/ ˈɑːɪ /
noun
- an event or occasion, usually held at regular intervals, at which people meet for the purpose of buying and selling merchandise
- ( as modifier )
market day
- a place, such as an open space in a town, at which a market is held
- a shop that sells a particular merchandise
an antique market
- the marketbusiness or trade in a commodity as specified
the sugar market
- the trading or selling opportunities provided by a particular group of people
the foreign market
- demand for a particular product or commodity
there is no market for furs here
- See stock market
- at marketat the current price
- be in the market forto wish to buy or acquire
- on the marketavailable for purchase
- play the market
- to speculate on a stock exchange
- to act aggressively or unscrupulously in one's own commercial interests
- buyer's marketa market characterized by excess supply and thus favourable to buyers
- seller's marketa market characterized by excess demand and thus favourable to sellers
verb
- tr to offer or produce for sale
- intr to buy or deal in a market
Derived Forms
- ˈٱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ·· noun
- ܱ·پ·· adjective
- ԴDz·· noun adjective
- ·· verb
- ·· verb (used with object)
- ܲ·· noun
- ܲ··· verb (used with object)
- ܲ··· adjective
- ɱ-·· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of market1
Word History and Origins
Origin of market1
Idioms and Phrases
- at the market, at the prevailing price in the open market.
- in the market for, ready to buy; interested in buying:
I'm in the market for a new car.
- on the market, for sale; available:
Fresh asparagus will be on the market this week.
More idioms and phrases containing market
see corner the market ; drug on the market ; flea market ; in the market for ; on the market ; play the market ; price out of the market .Example Sentences
They don't know the mechanics of how treasury bonds are bought and sold — they just know that there's a treasury bond market and they need to get some dollars from that.
In recent months, the City Council — Dunsmuir officials note it is the only city council in all of California made up entirely of millennials — is looking to add waterfalls to the marketing package.
The goal is to invest in the long-term growth of the entire market, minimizing costs and avoiding the pitfalls of market timing and speculation.
Estate agents have started to market a 1930s seaside music and dance venue for sale - but have not listed a guide price to potential buyers.
"Maybe they kept it for themselves, or maybe they traded it in the market."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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