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market definition

mar·ket (mär′kit)

noun

    1. a gathering of people for buying and selling things, esp. provisions or livestock
    2. the people gathered
    3. the time of such a gathering
  2. an open space or a building where goods are shown for sale, usually with stalls or booths for the various dealers
  3. a store or shop for the sale of provisions a meat market
  4. a region in which goods can be bought and sold the Asian market
    1. buying and selling; trade in goods, stocks, etc. an active market
    2. trade in a specified commodity the wheat market
    3. a place where such trade is carried on
    4. the group of people associated in such trade
  6. stock market
  7. opportunity to sell, or demand (for goods or services) a good market for new products
  8. opportunity to buy, or supply (of goods or services) reduced labor market
    1. market price
    2. market value

Etymology: ME < NormFr < L mercatus, trade, marketplace, pp. of mercari, to trade < merx (gen. mercis), wares, merchandise < ? IE base *mer-, to seize

transitive verb

  1. to send or take to market
  2. to offer for sale
  3. to sell

intransitive verb

  1. to deal in a market; buy or sell
  2. to buy provisions for the home

Related Forms:

market Idioms

be in the market for

to be seeking to buy

be on the market

to be offered for sale

put on the market

to offer for sale

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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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market Synonyms

market

n.

  1. A place devoted to sale

    store, grocery store, trading post, mart, shopping mall, shopper's square, emporium, exchange, city market, public market, farmer's market, supermarket, green-grocer's, meat market, fish market, curb market, open-air market, flea market, fair, dime store, drug store, department store, variety store, general store, bazaar, stall, booth, warehouse, business, delicatessen; see also shop, store 1.

  2. Stock market

    stock exchange, exchange, bourse, Bourse, commodities exchange, Dow-Jones, the Dow, Nikkei, syndicate.

  3. The state of trade

    supply and demand, sale, run; see business 1, 5, demand 2.

be in the market (for)

want to buy, be willing to purchase, need; see want 1.

on the market

salable, ready for purchase, available; see for sale at sale.


market

v.

vend, exchange, barter; see sell 1.


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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

market Usage Examples

Possessives

  • farmer: Once a month a farmer's market is still held here.

Converse of object

  • emerge: Also, care should be taken that certification systems do not create new barriers for the emerging biomass markets.

Adjective modifier

  • competitive: Reviews In an increasingly competitive business market, building customer relationships can differentiate your business from the pack.

Modifies a noun

  • town: Hexham was voted England's favorite market town in 2005 by Country Life Magazine.

Noun used with modifier

  • labor: They key point is that women filled the gaps in the labor market.
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market quotes

You can't beat the market because it's smarter than you are. Intellectually, the only task is trying to determine what the market is telling you.

-Bartley, Robert Leroy

Grace isgiven of God, but knowledge is bought in the market.

-Clough, Arthur Hugh

The price that the market sets on the services of our resources is similarlyaffected bya bewildering mixture of chance and choice. Frank Sinatra's voice was highly valued intwentieth-century United States.Would it have been highly valued in twentieth-century India, if he had happened to be born and to live there?

-Friedman, Milton

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